60K fishermen support BJD Mahanadi stir

| | PARADIP | in Bhubaneswar

Fishermen communities of Kujang and Paradip have extended their support to the BJD’s Mahanadi Suraksha Abhiyan which is being spearheaded by party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

For this, the Eastern India Kaibarta Mahasabha (EIKM) organised a preparatory meeting at Kujang on Tuesday afternoon.

The meeting organised by convenor Abhiram Samal was presided over by chairman Dillip Kumar Behera.

Terming Mahanadi as food bowel of fishermen, Behera said all fishermen families having population of about 60,000 in Kujanga and Paradip area would join the Mahanadi movement being led by the CM.

Among others, president Alekh Chandra Tarai, fishermen leaders Akshaya Kumar Swain, Biswambar Tarai, Jaydev Sahoo, Gauranga Majhi, Sunakar Tarai, Babaji Maharath, Mihirkant Sahoo, Jhari Tarai, Ratnakar Panda, Harekrushna Samal, Abhiram Behera, Amulya Tarai, Mahani Samal and Satyananda Behera spoke.

The leaders decided that all fishermen would attend the Chief Minister’s scheduled meeting to be held at Paradip on May 25.