Kendrapara: BJD’s Lilita Das was Thursday elected uncontested to the post of the chairperson of Kendrapara Zilla Parishad. The post of Kendrapara ZP chairperson is reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Caste category. It was lying vacant for the last four months after former ZP chairperson Gitanjali Sethi resigned in April ahead of the Assembly polls. She unsuccessfully contested as a BJP candidate from the Kendrapara Assembly seat.
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