6 BJD LEADERS APPOINTED AS Sr.OBSERVERS

Bureau,Odishabarta

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday appointed six leaders, including two Cabinet ministers, as senior observers for all the 30 districts.

A release issued by the BJD said two ministers, Niranjan Pujari and Pramila Mallick, were among the six leaders to look after the party’s organisation in different districts.

While Pujari has been appointed senior observer to Nuapada, Kalahandi, Bolangir and Bargarh districts in western region, Pramila Mallick is given responsibility of southern Odisha districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada and Gajapati.Veteran former MP Prasanna Acharya has been appointed senior observer in the coastal belt comprising Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore districts. Former minister and party’s vice-president Debi Prasad Mishra is appointed as senior observer of Ganjam, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Khurda, Puri and Boudh districts.
Former minister Maheswar Mohanty is appointed as senior observer to Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar districts in northern region while Pratap Jena will look after Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Deogarh, Angul and Dhenkanal districts.

The initiative is considered as the BJD’s strategic move ahead the 2024

General elections for Lok Sabha and State Assembly.

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