BJD Appoints Prafulla Samal As President Of Its Trade Union In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday appointed  former minister Prafulla Samal as state president of its trade union, Biju Shramika Samukhya (BSS).

“Prafulla Samal, ex-minister, is hereby appointed as State President of Biju Shramika Samukhya with immediate effect,” read an office order issued by party president Naveen Patnaik.

It was in April 2017 that the BJD announced the formation of BSS. Senior leader and former MLA Rajendra Prasad Singh was appointed as the first president of the organisation with Samal and Subas Singh as working president and general secretary respectively.

OB Bureau

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