Bhubaneswar, 8 July (H.S.): Central observer Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal officially announced the names of Odisha BJP State President along with 32 National Council members today. Following the completion of the nomination process yesterday under the guidance of National Election Officer Dr. K. Lakshman, the list of elected candidates was formally declared.

At a press conference held at the state BJP office, Dr. Jaiswal revealed the names of the 32 National Council members elected from Odisha. The selected members include Vimbadhar Kuaar, Prem Sagar Oram, Sabita Nand, Dilip Mishra, Mamita Nayak, Dr. Budhan Murmu, Jivan Pradip Dash, Anil Behera, Purnachandra Pani, Vinod Bihari Jena, Mrs. Sanchita Mahanti, Premanand Jena, Dr. Omprakash Joshi, Basant Panda, Pradeep Kumar Nayak, Gurucharan Mahanti, Parmeshwar Majhi, Sanjit Mandal, Brajendra Ray, Duryodhan Sahu, Ishwar Chandra Behera, Upendranath Bishwal, Madhusudan Singhari, Mrs. Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Mrs. Kananbala Patnaik, Mrs. Jayanti Padhiari, Mahesh Chandra Mahanti, Kahnucharan Pati, Nalinikant Patra, Jayaram Bhoi, and Omkar Ganapati.

The event was attended by prominent BJP leaders including National Vice President Shri Baijayant Panda, National Spokesperson and Co-Election Officer Dr. Sambit Patra, State Election Officer and Member of Parliament Shri Pratap Shadangi, State In-charge Shri Vijay Pal Singh Tomar, National Vice President and State Co-In-charge Ms. Lata Usendi, and senior minister and former State President Shri Suresh Pujari.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Monalisa Panda