Election of the office-bearers of the regional party, Kalinga Sena, was held here on Sunday under the supervision of its election officer Bijaya Dash. Activist and journalist Rabi Das was guest at the meeting.
While Hemanta Rath was re-elected as president of the party, Digamber Biswal, Bijaya Raj, Hemanta Singh, Abdul Kayum Khan, Pramod Rout, Niranjan Mahanta and Pradeep Sahoo were elected as vice-presidents, Er Swatish Sahoo, Er Manoj Nayak, Gaurang Pradhan, Sidhartha Das, Rakesh Mohanty, Khirod Das, Renubala Mohanty and Subodh Sahoo were elected as general secretaries, Duryodhan Parida, Ranjit Samal, Mamata Mohanty, Gunamani Mohanty, Ashutosh Swain, Prafulla Parida, Baren Das, Bikram Pradhan, Satyabhama Bihari and eight others were elected as secretaries.
President Rath said that if the Kalinga Sena is voted to power, the party shall completely ban alcohol in the State, provide minimum of 3,000 rupees as unemployment allowance, give 100 units of electricity free and arrange for free education and healthcare to all people.