Bhubaneswar: All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday formed Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Niranjan Patnaik’s new team.
As per the press release issued by the AICC President, Patnaik’s new team has 14 Vice-presidents and 24 general secretaries.
Besides, the Executive Committee has 27 senior leaders and 13 Special Invitees and 7 Disciplinary Committee members.
Senior Congress leader and former Odisha Assembly Speaker Kishore Chandra Patel has been appointed as the new cashier of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee while senior journalist Satya Prakash Nayak has been made Media and Communication Department chairperson of Niranjan new team.
Notably, Nayak had joined the Congress party on August 12.
List of 14 Vice-Presidents
Anant Prasad Sethi, Arya Kumar Gyanendra, Bijaylaxmi Sahoo, Sadan Nayak, Santosh Singh Saluja, Radhakant Digal, Ganeswar Behera, Debashis Patnaik, Amarnath Pradhan, Kailash Acharya, Sibanand Ray, Subendu Mohanty, Nakul Nayak and Sushmita Behera.
List of 24 General Secretaries
Sanjib Giri, Janaki Ballav Patnaik, Biswajit Dash, Bishu Ch. Barik, Biswabhusan Das, Alok Mishra, Raj Kishore Sarangi, Raj Kishore Das, Himashu Sekhar Das, Uma Ballav Rath, Giribala Behera, Binod Patra, Saroj Patra, Ajit Das, Akbar Ali, Himanshu Sekhar Lima, Kuni Mallik, Laxman Kumar Meher, Dasarathi Gomango, Adhiraj Panigrahi, Appala Swami Kadraka, Bidyadhar Dehury, Kumudini Kirsani and Sangram Keshari Jena.
List of 27 Executive Committee members
Niranjan Patnaik, Kishore Chandra Patel, Narasingha Mishra, Chiranjib Biswal, Naba Kishore Das, Pradeep Majhi, Rabi Kumar Sethi, Ram Padhi, Gajapati Rao, Tarun Majhi, Naren Pallai, Chaturbhuj Nayak, Bata Krushna Tripathy, Narendra Mishra, Ras Bihari Behera, Baghabat Prasad Mohanty, Nrusingha Rath, Manoj Kumar Mohapatra, Harihar Karan, Prakash Chandra Debata, Nagarjun Pradhan, Chintamani Dhyansamantray, Matlub Ali, R.K. Nayak, Ajanti Pradhan, Gobardhan Das and Jagannath Rout.
List of 13 Special invitees (senior leaders)
Prasad Harichandan, Hemananda Biswal, Kanhu Charan Lenka, Sarat Patnaik, K.P. Singhdeo and Jaydev Jena, ex-central ministers Srikant Jena and Bhakta Charan Das, CWC member Ramachandra Khuntia, AICC secretary Biswaranjan Mohanty, MP Ranjib Biswal, ex-CWC member Sushila Tiriya, AICC ST Department vice-chairman Shyam Sundar Hansdah and all elected MLAs, frontal organization heads (Mahila Congress, Seva Dal, Youth Congress, NSUI, INTUC) will also be invited.
List of 7 Disciplinary Committee members
Hemananda Biswal, Anant Prasad Sethi (convener), and members are Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty, Pradeep Kumar Rath, Rabindra Nath Mohanty, Niranjan Panigrahi and Sabitri Chaudhary.
Ms Kalinga