All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge has approved a proposal for appointment of new chiefs for at least 10 District Congress Committees (DCCs), including that of Koraput, in Odisha.
The party has appointed Durga Shankar Sahu as the new president of Koraput DCC. Sahu replaced Minakshi Bahinipati, the wife of Jeypore MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati.
Suresh Kumar Ajad was appointed as the new president of Nuapada DCC while Mohan Parida would head Keonjhar DCC, said a release issued by AICC general secretary KC Venugopal.
Jairam Pattanaik was declared as the president of Puri DCC and Ashok Das as that of Bhadrak DCC.
Sangarm Mishra is to lead the Angul DCC and Asif Ali Khan the Sambalpur DCC.
The party chose Danardan Dehury as president of Sundargarh DCC while Bijoy Kumar Gomango will lead Rayagada DCC. Sem Hembram is the new president of Deograh DCC.
In a related development, the AICC president has approved a proposal for appointment of chairmen of various committees and formation of a new disciplinary panel for the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC).
The party has approved Jagneswar Babu as the chairman of AICC Programme Implementation Committee for Odisha while Sanjay Tripathy has been named as the chairman of publicity and publication committee of the OPCC.
Former Minister Panchanan Kanungo will head the party’s State manifesto committee.
Kantabanjhi MLA Santosh Singh Saluja will head the disciplinary action committee while Janaki Ballav Pattanaik has been appointed as its convenor.
The AICC has appointed Bhujabala Majhi, Rajendra Chhatria, Debendra Sahoo and Pratima Mallik as the members of the disciplinary action committee.
Notably, a group of Congress leaders from Koraput had recently met OPPC president Sarat Patnaik and opposed any move to replace Minakshi Bahinipati as the DCC president. They had alleged that Koraput Congress MP Saptagiri Ulaka was trying to replace Bahinipati as the DCC head.