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Bijay Patnaik to head Congress campaign body

It was expected that Patnaik, the former chief secretary who joined Congress in New Delhi on February 10, will be given a major responsibility given his long experience in state administration.

Published: 23rd April 2023 10:44 AM  |   Last Updated: 23rd April 2023 10:44 AM   |  A+A A-

Bijay Patnaik.

Bijay Patnaik.

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Bureaucrat-turned-politician Bijay Patnaik has been appointed as chairman of the campaign committee of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) ahead of the by-election to Jharsuguda Assembly seat.

“Congress president Malllikarjun Kharge has appointed Patnaik as the Campaign Committee Chairman for OPCC with immediate effect,” said All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K C Venugopal in a press release.

It was expected that Patnaik, the former chief secretary who joined Congress at New Delhi on February 10, will be given a major responsibility given his long experience in state administration.

Kharge has also approved the OPCC proposal for the constitution of a political affairs committee (PAC). There will be 27 members and five special invitees to the PAC.

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