Organisation Felicitates 26 Retired Members at Urjanagar in Chandrapur; MLA Sanjay Derkar Attends

An organisation honoured 26 of its retired members at Urjanagar in Chandrapur. The programme was held on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at the Snehbandh Sabhagriha in Urjanagar. All the members were felicitated with a shawl, a coconut and a memento.

Wani Assembly constituency MLA Sanjay Derkar and Chandrapur Shiv Sena district chief Sandip Girhe were the chief guests. The lamp was lit by the organisation's president, Rajan Bhanushali. Office-bearers had also come from different parts of Maharashtra.

The day began with the first session, a training class for the organisation's office-bearers and members, meant to strengthen their sense of responsibility and readiness to do their duty.

The second session was the felicitation of the retired members. MLA Sanjay Derkar, district chief Sandip Girhe and president Rajan Bhanushali lit the lamp. The programme was then formally inaugurated by garlanding the portraits of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and the late Balasaheb Thackeray.

In his speech, the MLA praised the organisation's office-bearers for the excellent arrangements and their social initiative. On injustice to employees, he assured them that the entire Shiv Sena party, he himself and the Shiv Sena district chief would always stand with them.

A lunch was served in the afternoon. The third session followed, a meeting of the central executive held in the presence of the central office-bearers.

The entire route from Paryavaran Chowk at Nagpur Gate to the Snehbandh Sabhagriha was decorated with saffron flags and welcome banners. The central office-bearers present were general secretary Jagdish Runde, contract wing president Ramesh Ganorkar, treasurer Rinesh Pillai, Mahatransco working president Pravin Patil and Mahavitaran working president Ramkrishna Chikhalkar. Also present were Bhosale, Rajesh Gadhave, Sushant Sawant, Vijay Shastrakar, Purushottam Mankar, Prashant Vichare, Alok Sonekar and Deepak Tayde.

Those who took part in organising the event included Mahanirmiti central working president Rahul Bele, Arun Pohare and Gajanan Korde (zone presidents), Amol Kolhe (zone secretary), Shabbir Sheikh, Vijay Rathod, Balu Chaukhande, Shivdas Ghule, Nana Bawane, Suresh Meshram, Jagdish Dhale, Prakash Mangam, Pankaj Patil, Balram Singer, Amol Vitale, Rohit Pithalwar and Umesh Awari. Women's wing head Parveen Sheikh, Neha Bhoyar, Sonu Zade and Ashwini Dadmal were present along with a large number of members.