The appointment of former Assembly Deputy Speaker Rama Chandra Panda as the BJP coordinator for the Brahmapur lok Sabha constituency has been widely hailed by party workers.
President of Paralakhemundi Bar Association Tulu Mishra said Panda’s appointment “is good for the constituency and the public as he is a tallest and undisputed leader of the Ganjam district”. BJP youth leader of Digapahandi Suvendu Padhi said Panda’s choice would lead to the party’s better performance in the district in the 2014 elections.
Historian Prof Madan Mohan Mohapatra described Panda as a “seasoned and upright politician”. Manav Adhikar Suraksha Manch President Upendra Nath Mishra referred to Panda’s spearheading of the river integration movement in Ganjam and Gajapati districts.
BMS Ganjam unit president Brundaban Sabat said, “We want to see Panda in the Parliament.”
Party leader Surath Pahan and Town president Rama Kumar Patra said Panda is the party’s fittest candidate for the Brahmapur lS constituency.