Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday rehabilitated three leaders of his BJD as chairmen of as many State Government-owned undertakings.
The three leaders, Pratap Kumar Deb and Sarada Nayak, both former Ministers, and Anup Sai, former Government Deputy Chief Whip, had been defeated in their Assembly constituencies in the last elections. While Deb was appointed Chairman of the Odisha Housing Board, Nayak was made Chairman of the Rourkela Development Authority and Sai was appointed as the Chairman of the Odisha lift Irrigation Corporation.