General Secretary, State CoC addressed the Working Committee Meeting of OSKEM held in Bhubaneswar 0n 19.04.2025 for successful conductance of Nationwide General Strike on 20th May 2025 called by CTUs and Independent Federations

Dear Comrades,

The Working Committee Meeting of Odisha Shramik Karmachari Ekata Manch (OSKEM) was held today (19.04.2025) in the auditorium of LIC Divisional Office, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar under the presidentship of Com. Ramakanta Dash, General Secretary, BDLIEA and Joint Convenor, OSKEM.

At the outset, Com. B B Nayak (BDLIEA), Joint Convenor, OSKEM briefed th purpose of the meeting for brining a thundering success to the forthcoming Nationwide General Strike on 20th May 2025 called by the Central Trade Unions and Independent Federations.

Com. Abhaya Das, General Secretary, CDIEA discussed all current issues affecting the nation as a whole starting from a common citizen to the employees and pensioners and appealed all to actively participate enmasse in the forthcoming strike.

The Confederation of Central Govt Employees and Workers, Odisha State CoC was represented by Com. Bruhaspati Samal, General Secretary , State CoC and Joint Convenor, OSKEM accomanied with Com. Iswar Ch. Sahoo and his team from GSIEA,  Com. Lingaraj Sahoo and Com. Dipti Ranjan Mohanty from AIPRPA.  Com. Samal briefed how the present Govt is trying to create a class within a class by dividing the employees in OPS, NPS and UPS and now through the  Finance Act 2025 brining a discrimination among the pensioners. We have to make our people as well as the members of public understand the truth by organizing Block and District level campaign programmes to conduct the above strike successfully, he said.

Com. Dusmant Kumar Das and Com. Rabinarayan Mallick, Advisors to OSKEM guided the participants suitably for the forthcoming agitational programmes and suggested to strengthen OSKEM by organizing frequent meetings in places other than Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

As many as 50 leaders and representatives from around 20 organizations including service and pensioners' associations, viz; BEFI, AOBEF, AOLICPA, BDLIEA, OSEA, AOEPFPA,  OSGIEA, CDIEA, MARKFED, GICEA, BOYONIKA, OSRU, NABARD, ESIC and OSGECC had actively participated and confirmed their participation in the forthcoming Nationwide General Strike on 20th May 2025.

At the end, Com. Asit ku. Basu Mallick (BDLIEA) gave the vote of thanks.

Thanks a lot to to Team BDLIEA for their hospitality with arrangement of lunch.

B SAMAL 

General Secretary, State CoC