Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik on Monday appointed district coordinators to prepare manifestos for the upcoming panchayat and Urban Local Body (ULB) elections.
While former Minister Panchanan Kanungo was assigned Kendrapada, Jagatsingghpur and Cuttack districts, former MP Nakul Nyak was given Nabrangpur and Malkangiri; former MLA Uma Ballav Rath Puri, Nayagarh and Khordha; and former MLA Satybhushan Sahu Bargarh, Sambalpur and Jharsuguda. The responsibility of Balangir and Subarnapur was given to Samarendra Mishra; Sundargarh and Rourkela to Raj Kishore Sarangi, Ganjam, Gajapti and Kandhamal to Bismay Mahapatra, Other senior leaders of party have been given charge for other districts.