TNI Bureau: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has announced its list of District Presidents yesterday, saying they all were elected unopposed. While 21 Presidents have been retained, 11 were replaced with new people. 5 Ministers, 6 MPs and 8 MLAs have been entrusted with the task of District Presidents of BJD.
However, the selection of Rayagada BJD President has raised a revolt of banner within the party cadres in the district. Koraput MP Jayaram Pangi and Gunupur MLA Ramamurty Mutika have opposed the appointment of Sudhir Das as the BJD President of Rayagada district. They wondered why a candidate from general category was given the important portfolio in tribal-dominated Rayagada. They also alleged that Sudhir Das has many criminal cases pending against him.
List of BJD’s District Presidents:
Angul – Rajnikanta Singh
Sonepur – Niranjan Pujari
Puri – Maheswar Mohanty
Bhubaneswar – Babuli Mishra
Cuttack – Pratap Jena
Kendrapara – Pratap Keshari Deb
Koraput – Jayaram Pangi
Mayurbhanj – Laxman Tudu
Bargarh – Bijay Ranjan Bariha
Nabarangpur – Ramesh Chandra Majhi
Bhadrak – Arjun Charan Sethi
Sundargarh – Mangala Kissan
Balangir – Kalikesh Singhdeo
Dhenkanal – Dr. Nrusingha Sahu
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Jajpur – Naresh Mohanty
Khordha – Raghunath Sahu
Nayagarh – Rabinarayan Mohapatra
Balasore – Anant Das
Boudh – Bhagaban Kanhar
Jagatsinghpur – Bishnu Das
Deogarh – Sanjib Kumar Pradhan
Kandhamal – Saroj Kana
Malkangiri – Mukund Sodi
Rayagada – Sudhir Das
Ganjam – Subas Chandra Maharana
Rourkela – Ananda Chandra Mohanty
Gajapati – Basanta Das
Sambalpur – Rohit Pujari
Jharsuguda – Kishore Mohanty
Keonjhar – Alekha K Singh
Kalahandi – Balabhadra Majhi
Nuapada – Prasanna Padhi