Bhubaneswar: With the stage set for a high-stakes triangular contest in Nuapada, Biju Janata Party (BJD) president Naveen Patanik on Wednesday constituted three committees with senior leaders for the first by-election since BJP came to power in Odisha.

Senior leaders like Prasanna Acharya, Niranjan Pujari, Snehangini Chhuria, Tukuni Sahoo, Niranjan Bisi and Md Ayub Khan have been appointed to the 6-member steering committee. ADVERTISEMENT

Similarly, the 10-member zonal committee, comprising 6 zilla parishad and 4 ULB zones, has been formed. The members are Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo (Nuapada NAC), Sarada Nayak (Nuapada NAC), Sudam Marandi, Debesh Acharya, Saroj Meher, Manohar Randhari, Rohit Pujari (Khariar NAC), Pradip Majhi, Jogesh Singh and Bikram Panda (Khariar NAC).

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