Hyderabad, Sep 21: Indian Journalists Union (IJU) Today announced that it would observe protest day on October 2, the birth anniversary of the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi.
In a statement here, IJU President K Sreenivas Reddy and Balwinder Singh Jammu, Secretary-General said that the Union in its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held virtually on September 12 resolved to this effect.
The NEC has recalled that last year also the IJU has observed protest day on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
The IJU leaders said the NEC noted with concern that the situation on the ground remained the same forcing the Union to do the same thing for the second consecutive year.
They said the IJU has been demanding Rs.50 lakh Life Insurance to all working journalists on par with other frontline warriors against Coronavirus and payment of solatium to the families of journalists who succumbed to COVID-19. (UNI)