Insight Bureau: Putting all speculations to rest, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday appointed Former Odisha Congress chief & former MP Sarat Pattanayak as the President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC).

The Congress High Command has accepted the resignation of incumbent Niranjan Patnaik while appointing Sarat Pattanayak as the OPCC Chief.

Outgoing Odisha PCC Chief Niranjan Patnaik recommends 7 members including himself, Narasingha Mishra, Chiranjib Biswal (OBC), Saptagiri Ulaka (MP, ST), Ganeshwar Behera (Ex Minister, SC), Bandita Parida (President, Odisha Pradesh Mahila Congress, OBC) and Anam Nayak (President, DCC Kandhamal, SC) to the State Level Political Affairs Committee.

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