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76-year-old Niranjan Patnaik as his successor. This is Patnaik’s second stint as party’s state president as he had already served in the post from June 2011 till May 2013.
The party also appointed three working presidents to assist Patnaik in the state. They are Naba Kishore Das (MLA), Pradeep Majhi (ex-MP) and Chiranjiv Biswal (MLA). Former union minister Bhakta Charan Das, who was one of the strong contenders for party’s state president post, has been appointed as the chairperson of the party’s campaign committee. Former union minister Srikant Jena has been made chairperson of the party’s manifesto committee. The appointments were made minutes after party president Rahul Gandhi held a meeting with them
Prasanta Patnaik