HT Correspondent
NAGAON, Feb 6: The first executive meeting of the newly formed Nagaon District Unit of the All Assam Journalists’ Union (AAJU) was held at Kathiatoli Chariali, based at the Ma Manasha Hotel and Vivah Bhavan on Sunday last.
The meeting was organised in association with the Kathiatoli Press Club and chaired by Hareswar Borah, the president of AAJU, Nagaon.
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During the meeting, the district unit took a series of resolutions for its future activities in the greater interest of the journalist fraternity. Pankaj Kumar Nath, the state president of the organisation, attended the program as the chief guest.
While addressing the occasion, Pankaj Kumar Nath asserted that AAJU is working hard on a proposed law for the security of journalists, and its drafts will be finalised soon. He mentioned, “We will submit it to chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and will request as well as demand him to pass it for the greater interest of the community.”
During the program, the Kathiatoli Press Club felicitated two senior hawkers of the area and also the wife of the former senior central leader of AAJU Lt Homeswar Hira, a journalist pensioner. The felicitation program was mentored by Mukti Kam Laskar. AAJU’s Nagaon District Unit initiated a resolution to its state committee in the meeting to proceed with a state-level journalist award in the name of Lt Homeswar Hira, who had contributed a lot to the organisation.
The meeting was anchored by Sofikur Rahman, the secretary of the district unit. Ajoy Mahatu, executive president of the district unit, Faizur Rahman, central executive, senior scribe, and Ghana Kanta Bora, the president of Kathiatoli Press Club, along with over fifty scribes from various press clubs in the district, participated in the meeting.
