Senior BJD legislator Ananta Das has been appointed as the Government Chief Whip in the Assembly. A formal notification to this effect is likely to be issued soon, sources in the BJD said on Wednesday.
Besides, the names of Mangala Kissan, Bed Prakash Agrawala and Surjya Narayan Patro are doing the rounds for the post of Speaker while either Dr Nrushinga Sahu or Mahesh Sahu is tipped for the post of Deputy Speaker.