Kardamal, Feb, 17: A large BJD workers’ conference along with a friendship gathering was held today at Karchhamal village under Kosagumuda block of Nabarangpur district. Workers of the party from all 16 panchayats of the block participated in the program.
Among the senior BJD leaders of the district who attended were former MP Ramesh Majhi, Rajya Sabha MP Sad Munna Khan, district president and Dabugam MLA Manohar Randhari, former MLA Sadashiv Pradhani, vice president Badri Narayan Singh, Yogendra Kumar Swain, district BJD women’s president Mrs. Mula Majhi, Gopal Singh Lal from Kotpad constituency, Samiti members Pratap Sahu, Laxmi Narayan Sahu, Ajit Pattnaik and others.
After the new Bharatiya Janata Party government came to power in Odisha, such a large-scale organizational gathering has been seen after a gap of nearly two years. With upcoming panchayat and municipal elections ahead, discussions at the meeting focused on assessing the present political situation in the state and strengthening party organization and strategy. Political observers present in the hall discussed that such organizational strengthening could give a setback to the BJP government.
Key issues discussed in the conference included free electricity per unit, refund of chit fund money, employment for unemployed youth, fines imposed in the name of pollution control, education, healthcare, transportation, paddy procurement problems faced by farmers, and the law-and-order situation. Party leaders presented these issues before the people and informed the media that similar conferences will continue in the coming days.