Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday announced a new team of 71 state office bearers of the party.
These include seven senior vice presidents, eight vice presidents, 20 senior general secretaries, 31 general secretaries and one treasurer.
Senior leaders – Debi Prasad Mishra, Prafulla Samal, Usha Devi, Bikram Keshari Arukh, Pramila Mallick, Niranjan Pujari and Chandra Sekhar Sahu – have been appointed as senior vice presidents. Pratap Jena has been appointed as vice president (headquarters). The others appointed to the vice president post are Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Rajendra Dholakia, Sanjay Das Burma, Rabi Narayan Nanda, Ashwini Patra, and Sarada Prasad Nayak.
Cuttack Mayor Subhash Singh is the new treasurer.
Naveen Patnaik was re-elected as party president for a record ninth consecutive term unanimously last month.
The other appointments are as follows:
In July 2024, Naveen had dissolved all state-level office bearers of the party and formed a fresh panel of spokespersons, following the BJD’s dismal show in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Odisha.