Kalinga Sena supremo Hemant Rath on Sunday claimed that his party would emerge as a strong regional party and come to power in the State in 2024.
“There is no difference between national parties and regional parties in the State now. A national party (BJP) and a regional party (BJD) were pretending to be rivals before elections. But bonhomie between them has proved after elections. They all work on vote agenda. People have known this and will discard them. The Kalinga Sena will emerge as a strong regional party and grab power in the State in 2024,” Rath told reporters after being elected as party chief again.
Rath said the party’s organisation elections were held under the guidance of senior journalist Sritam Dash.
While he was unanimously elected as president of the party, Sabyasachi Mahaptra, Gourang Pradhan,
Jadumani Mahant, Narendra Panda, Dr Nagendra Nath Mishar and Bishnu Charan Das were elected as vice-presidents.
While Jagabandhu Mohant, Bijay Raj, Dr Swatish Ranjan Sahoo, Deepak Choudhuri and Manoj Kumar Nayak were appoisnted as genera secretaries, Bhakta Sekhar Ray was chosen as organisation Minister.
Those who were elected as secretaries are Abdul Kayim Khan, Sibashish Dash, Pradeep Sahoo, Bishwajit Goswami and Santosh Nayak. Ranjan Panda, Srikant Dash, Renubala Mohanty, Subash Chandra Patnaik, Ganga Mahakud, Rabindra Kumar Dheer and Ganapati Mahant were named as members of the State committee.