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Updated February 22nd, 2020 at 15:28 IST

Biju Janata Dal chief and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik appoints district presidents for his party

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has appointed 33 senior leaders including three ministers as district presidents of the regional party

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Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has appointed 33 senior leaders including three ministers as district presidents of the regional party.

Patnaik on Friday appointed Revenue and Disaster Management minister Sudam Marndi as BJD Mayurbhanj district president, Steel and Mines minister Prafulla Mallick as president of Dhenkanal district and Women and Child Welfare minister Tukuni Sahu as BJD district president of Bolangir.

"It is certainly a challenge. We will work for the welfare of the people as per the direction and guidance of the chief minister," said Sahu

Nabarangpur MP Ramesh Chandra Majhi has been appointed the BJD Nabarangpur district president.

Eight party MLAs were appointed as party district presidents. They are - Bijay Ranjan Singh Barhia (Bargarh), Ananta Narayan Jena (Bhubaneswar), Sarada Prasad Nayak (Rourkela), Kishore Mohanty (Jharsuguda), Mahidhar Rana (Boudh), Prasanta Muduli (Jagatsinghpur), Purna Chandra Baka (Malkangiri) and Ramesh Behera (Nayagarh).

Senior party leader Maheswar Mohanty will be the new BJD Puri district president while Debashis Samantray, Rabinda Jena, Pushpendra Singhdeo and Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik will the district presidents of Cuttack, Balasore, Kalahandi and Ganjam respectively.

Siddharth Das will be the new party district president of Sambalpur, Mahendra Bastia (Angul), Jagannath Swain (Bhadrak), Romancha Ranjan Biswal (Deogarh), Pradip Naik (Gajapati), Saroj Mohapatra (Jajpur), Utkal Keshari Parida (Kendrapara) and Saroj Karna (Kandhamal).

Patnaik also announced that Madhav Sardar will be the district president of Keonjhar, Iswar Panigrahi (Koraput), Kashinath Hembram (Mayurbhanj), Ramesh Behera (Nayagarh), Manoj Mishra (Nuapada), Sudhir Das (Rayagada), Saroj Kampa (Sonepur) and Binay Toppo of Sundergarh.

(Image source - PTI)

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Published February 22nd, 2020 at 15:24 IST

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