Twelve labourers from Odisha, who were stranded in Dubai returned today after BJP national Vice-President Baijayant Jay Panda intervened...

Earlier, on July 27, six of the 18 migrant labourers stranded in Dubai had returned to Odisha after Jay Panda had sought intervention of the Indian Consul General in Dubai...

The labourers... left for Dubai through an agent Kartik Jena, who took Rs 60,000 from each of them and had assured them jobs with Rs 35,000 per month salary... after nine months, the labourers were not paid by their employer. Dejected, the labourers decided to protest and refused to work following which the company suspended all of them.