Bhubaneswar: The Congress party on Saturday appointed new office-bearers for its Odisha unit.
Party president Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the proposal for the appointment of treasurer, vice presidents, general secretaries and secretaries for the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC). Following his approval, a new team of 30 office-bearers for the OPCC got appointed.
As per a party statement, the Congress president has appointed seven vice presidents, 10 general secretaries, 12 secretaries and a treasurer for the OPCC.
Siddharth Swarup Dash has been appointed as the new treasurer of the Congress party in the state.
Five-time MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati, three-time legislator Ramesh Jena, two-time MLA C S Raazen Ekka, and former MLAs Santosh Singh Saluja, Debasis Patnaik and Lalatendu Mohapatra have been appointed vice presidents of OPCC.
Similarly, MLAs Ashok Das, Mangu Khilla, Pabitra Saunta, Nilamadhab Hikaka and youth leader Syed Yashir Nawaz have been made general secretaries of OPCC.
The AICC has appointed Satyajeet Gomango and Santosh Pradhan as the chairman and co-chairman of social media department of the OPCC respectively.
It may be noted that the Congress president had dissolved all organisational committees of the OPCC following the party’s poor performance in the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Odisha in 2024.
In February this year, the party had appointed former Union Minister Bhakta Charan Das as the president of OPCC.
