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Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday elected Naveen Patnaik as the leader of the legislature party and the Leader of the Opposition in the Odisha Assembly.
The BJD held its legislature party meetings under the chairmanship of party chief Naveen Patnaik at Sankha Bhawan here this evening.
After the meeting, former chief minister Naveen Patnaik addressed the media persons and said, “We had a meeting of the MLAs of the BJD… I congratulated and thanked them… They have elected me as the Leader of the Opposition and leader of the BJD legislature party.”
Patnaik also announced that senior leader Prasanna Acharya has been appointed as deputy leader while Pramila Mallik will be chief whip and Pratap Keshari Deb will be deputy chief whip of the BJD.
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