Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday assigned six BJD leaders to coordinate with district observers, district presidents, MPs, MLAs and constituency leaders about the membership drive.
The members are: vice-presidents Prasanna Acharya, Devi Prasad Mishra and Pramila Mallik; state spokesperson Pratap Keshari Deb and state general secretaries Sanjay Das Burma, Pradeep Panigrahi and Pranab Prakash Das.
The membership drive was launched September 2 and will continue till October end. Acharya will look after the membership drive in Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Subarnapur and Bolangir districts. Debi Mishra will look after Dhenkanal, Angul and Cuttack districts; Pratap Deb—Nuapada, Kalahandi, Boudh & Kandhamal; Pramila Mallick—Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara & Jagatsinghpur; Sanjay Das Burma—Nabarangpur, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada & Gajapati; Pradeep Panigrahi—Ganjam, Khurda, Puri & Nayagarh and Pranab Prakash Das– Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Keonjhar & Sundargarh.