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

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