PPSS leaders skip meet

PARADIP: Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) leaders, including its assistant secretary Prakash Jena, skipped Sunday meeting at Dhinkia. They alleged that the meeting was organised without consulting them. This hints at possible differences in the organisation that backed the villagers protesting the proposed project about six years ago.  The meeting discussed strategies to intensify the agitation against the Posco project and counter police action during construction of coastal road following the decision of the State Government to resume work from early next month.  PPSS president Abhay Sahu has come in for criticism with some members alleging that they had been kept in dark over the organisation’s activities in the last five-six months.  They even accused him of attacking the villagers who are supporting the project.PPSS secretary Sisir Mohapatra, however, denied any split in the organisation. PPSS has sought cooperation of the villagers, political parties and anti-land displacement leaders in their agitation against Posco.