Srikant appointed Congress campaign committee chief for Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has formed the campaign committee for Odisha appointing Union minister Srikant Jena as its head. The committee will have 24 members including PCC president Jayadev Jena, senior leader Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra, Ranjib Biswal and others. However, former PCC president Niranjan Patnaik and MP Hemananda Biswal have not been included the 24-member committee.

Reacting on the newly formed campaign committee, Niranjan Patnaik said it was a welcome decision of AICC. He said Jayadev Jena and Srikant Jena are the assets of the party. They have experience in campaigning for ULB polls, he added.

Team Srikant

1, OPCC president Jayadev Jena

2. Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh

3. MP Bhakta Charan Das

4. Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra

5. MP Ranjib Biswal

6. Opposition Chief Whip Prasad Harichandan

7. Narasingha Mishra

8. Sarat Patnaik

9, Pradip Majhi

10. Sushila Tiria

11. Kahnu Charan Lenka

12. Chandrasekhar Sahu

13. Amar Pradhan

14. Jagannath Patnaik

15. Kishore Patel

16. Matlub Ali

17. Naba Das

18. Prafulla Majhi

19. Rama Chandra Khuntia and presidents of the Youth Congress, Students’ Congress, Mahila Congress and Seva Dal.