An election meeting of the Kandhamal district Pana Samaja Kalyan Committee was held at Pakana village on Sunday under the chairmanship of committee election officer Gayadhar Digal.
Senior members of the Pana caste of the district and block committee members were present. The meeting began with garlanding of a photo of Dr BR Ambedkar.
With the consent of all the members, Brahmananda Behera was elected as the committee president and Trinath Majhi as working president. Balabhadra Digal, Himanshu Digal, Bashistha Sahani and Jagabandhu Nayak were elected as vice-presidents.
Pankaj Behera was elected as general secretary and Simanchal Nayak and Purna Chandra Behera as assistant secretaries. Mahendra Digal was elected as treasurer. A total of 32 persons were elected as working members of the committee.
Gayadhar Digal was elected as chief adviser and lawyer Satyanarayan Behera as adviser.
The election officer introduced all the elected members and Chakapada Block Chairman Batakrushna Ganda gave a vote of thanks.