Bhubaneswar: The All India Congress
Committee (AICC) on Thursday appointed Union Chemicals and Fertilisers minister
Srikant Jena as the chairman of the Odisha Congress campaign committee.
Committee (AICC) on Thursday appointed Union Chemicals and Fertilisers minister
Srikant Jena as the chairman of the Odisha Congress campaign committee.
Jena would oversee the party
preparations for the ensuing Assembly and general elections.
preparations for the ensuing Assembly and general elections.
Besides Jena, 24 members like Kalahandi MP Bhakta
Das, PCC president Jayadev Jena, Congress chief whip in the Assembly Prasad
Harichandan, former Union Minister Kanhu Charan Lenka, Narsingh Mishra, Sarat Patnaik, Susila Tiria, Chandra Sekhar Sahoo, Kishore Patel, Matlub Ali, newly elected Rajya Sabha member Ranjib
Biswal, leader of opposition in the Assembly Bhupinder Singh, Lalatendu
Mohapatra, Jagannath Patnaik, Amar Pradhan, Naba Das, Rama Chandra Khuntia,
Prafulla Majhi and Nowrangpur MP Pradip Majhi and chiefs of youth, women, seva dal and
students wing were selected in the committee, sources said.
Das, PCC president Jayadev Jena, Congress chief whip in the Assembly Prasad
Harichandan, former Union Minister Kanhu Charan Lenka, Narsingh Mishra, Sarat Patnaik, Susila Tiria, Chandra Sekhar Sahoo, Kishore Patel, Matlub Ali, newly elected Rajya Sabha member Ranjib
Biswal, leader of opposition in the Assembly Bhupinder Singh, Lalatendu
Mohapatra, Jagannath Patnaik, Amar Pradhan, Naba Das, Rama Chandra Khuntia,
Prafulla Majhi and Nowrangpur MP Pradip Majhi and chiefs of youth, women, seva dal and
students wing were selected in the committee, sources said.