THE 4th Berhampur district conference of Odisha Sales Representatives' Union (OSRU) was held at Sahid Laxman Nayak Community Hall in Berhampur on September 7. CPI(M) state secretariat member Ali Kishore Pattnaik inaugurated the conference. OSRU general secretary Subhnkar Das, who was the chief speaker, discussed the organisational functioning and developments in the sector. Das opposed the anti-worker policies being pursued by the central and state governments.
The conference criticised the undemocratic dissolution of National Tripartite Committee for sales promotion employees and opposed the Centre’s move on allowing foreign direct investment in defence production and insurance sector. The conference gave a call to unite to fight against the proposed labour law reforms, which has already been undemocratically implemented in Rajasthan by the BJP-led state government.
A total of 234 delegates attended the conference. The conference elected a 16-member district committee, with A B S Patro as president, Pabitra Swain vice-president, Neela Lohita Sahu secretary and Mithun Mukharjee as treasurer.