Balangir MLA Narasingha Mishra was named as the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) Leader for the 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly, informed party sources on Thursday.
Mishra, who was Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly last time, cannot retain the post as his party won only nine Assembly seats this time.
In 2014, the Congress had 16 MLAs.
Mishra won the Balangir Assembly seat by defeating his BJD rival Arkesh Narayan Singh Deo by a margin of 5,341 votes.
