The BJD on Wednesday appointed its spokesperson and former Minister Pratab Keshari Deb as State Returning Officer (SRO) for the party’s organisational polls.
Deb was named SRO at the BJD executive body meeting held under chairmanship of BJD supreme and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at party’s State office. Issues relating to organisational elections of the party were discussed in detail at the meeting.
The meeting focused on nine proposals, including propagation and growth of Odia language, which were promised to people in the BJD election manifesto.
The meeting resolved to start Jan Sampark Padyatra from October 2 to make people aware of various welfare schemed being run by the State Government, party leaders said.
The party passed seven other proposals besides the about two. It was decided that the birth centenary of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik would be officially observed by the State Government in the State. Besides, the Government would request the Centre to observe the day, March 5, 2016, as a national day.
The meeting too resolved that the Centre would be urged to control prices of essential commodities. BJD vice-president Surjya Narayan Patro, Pratap Jena, Pratap Keshari Deb and party’s women wing president Pramila Mallick told briefed about the resolutions at a Press conference here.