Niranjan formed new team, included opponents too
Niranjan formed new team, included opponents too
Bhubaneswar: PCC president Niranjan Patnaik formed his own team. Along with his supporters, Niranjan has also included his opponents in his new team. AICC general secretary KC Benugopala said in a press release about the PCC's newly formed team.
Currently, there are two executive presidents, including PCC president Niranjan Patnaik. Senior leaders Chiranjeevi Bishwal and Pradeep Majhi are the acting presidents. Niranjan has formed his new team based on the views of the two executive presidents and senior leaders of the party. As a result, the conflict in Congress is expected to be resolved. With panchayat and municipal elections set to take place in the coming days, the team is expected to work effectively.
Niranjan's new team has 12 vice presidents. Ganeshwar Behera, Santosh Singh Saluja, Saraswati Hembram, Sivananda Roy, Suresh Mohapatra, Bhujbal Majhi, Yajneshwar Babu, Nakul Nayak, Debashis Patnaik, Sadan Nayak, Ratnamani Ulaka and Sasmita Behera are the vice-presidents. Kishore Chandra Patel, on the other hand, has been given the charge of treasurer.
Niranjan's team consists of 20 general editors and 46 editors have been appointed. Aside the 46 members, MLAs and MPs, former PCC presidents, AICC-led Odisha Congress leaders and heads of all front organizations have also been included.
Satyaprakash Nayak, Kishore Jena, Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Rabindra Mallick, Sangram Mishra, Rajkishore Sadangi, Arindam Sarkhel, Rajat Chowdhury, Lalatendu Mohapatra, Biswabhushan Das, Bismay Mohapatra, Samarendra Mishra, Narayan Jena, Chinmay Sundar Das, Ravi Ray, Asraf Alli, Satyashiv Das and Ashok Kumar Das are the general editors.
Similarly, Biplob Chowdhury, Hemraj Bagh, Nalini Swayam, Manas Acharya, Dillip Behera, Priyajit Roy, Daridar Narayan Nayak, Sanjay Adhikari, Santayan Mishra, Archana Nandi, Sangram Das, Subrata Mohapatra, Padmakar Guru, Mohammad Sabir, Nasir Aham Chandra Shekhar Parida, Gaur Nayak, Tarun Majhi, Shashibhushan Patra, Manoj Sahu, Manoj Bishwal, Prabhaskar Mohapatra, Hussain Khan, Dulal Pradhan, Shriya Mohanty, Sukanti Das, Umesh Jena, Amiya Pandav, Durga Padhi,Santosh Nand, Lingaraj Sahu, Sasmita Dehuri, Pradeep Mohapatra, Suresh Panigrahi, Pratima Mallick, Mahendra Nayak, Vijay Chaulia, Srimanchal Giri Ulaka, Krishnachandra Nepak, Madhusmita Sethi, Mukesh Jain, Kailash Mukhi, Suryakant Bag and Bijayn Nayak have been appointed editor.