The ruling Biju Janata Dal today formed its own trade union named "Biju Shramik Samukhya".
Senior leader and former MLA Rajendra Prasad Singh was appointed as the first president of the organisation.
Senior MLA and former minister Prafulla Samal and Subas Singh have been appointed as working president and general secretary respectively, BJD vice president and spokesman S N Patro said.
Similarly, BJD leaders Anup Sai, Lalit Nayak, Baidyanath Das, Ananta Narayan Jena, Panchanan Senapati, Gokul Meher, Amrut Das and Dilip Kumar Kar have been appointed as vice-presidents of BSS.
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