Six leaders of the State BJP were included in the national executive, which is one of the top decision-making bodies of the party. It was announced by BJP in New Delhi on Thursday.
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, Rourkela MlA Dilip Ray, State BJP chief
spokesperson Suresh Pujari, senior leaders Biswa Bhusan Harichandan and Bijay Mohapatra were nominated by BJP national president Amit Shah to the elite body.
Shah nominated 111 members including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top leaders such as former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Deputy Prime Minister lK Advani and party veteran Murli Manohar Joshi.
Apart from the 111 members, it will also have 27 permanent invitees and 40 special invitees.
BJP State president KV Singh Deo, BJP legislature party leader Basant Panda and party general secretary (organisation) Prasanna Mishra were nominated to the decision-making body as special invitees from Odisha.