Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has restructured various committees of the party. Party President Naveen Patnaik on Sunday dissolved all state-level office bearers. A released notice stated that a new committee will be formed shortly, although the district-level committees and staff will remain as it is.
In the notice, the party announced that Dr Santrupt Mishra has been appointed as the political secretary to BJD President Naveen Patnaik. Sukanta Kumar Panda has been named the public relations officer (PRO) for Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik.
The party has declared five individuals as the national spokespersons: Santrupt Mishra, Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, Amar Patnaik, Sasmit Patra, and Pradeep Kumar Majhi.
Additionally, 14 members have been appointed as state-level spokespersons, including Prasanna Acharya, Pramila Mallik, Debi Prasad Mishra, Pratap Keshari Deb, Arun Kumar Sahoo, Captain Dibya Shankar Mishra, Devi Ranjan Tripathy, Shrimayee Mishra, Lekhashree Samantasinghar, Sudam Marndi, Sulata Deo, Ramesh Chandra Majhi, Bhrugu Baxipatra and Lenin Mohanty.
Pratap Jena, a senior leader, has been designated as the Senior State Media Coordinator and Swayam Prakash Mahapatra has taken on the role of Social Media Coordinator. Lenin Mohanty and Priyabrat Majhi have been appointed as media coordinators for the party.