The Congress high command announces the new president of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee. AICC announces Niranjan Patnaik as new Orissa Pradesh Congress chief at the AICC office in New Delhi on Tuesday.
It should be noted that contenders for the post were, OPCC working presidents Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra and Chandrasekhar Sahu, ex-OPCC president Sarat Patnaik, former MLA Ananta Sethi and former MP Soumya Ranjan Patnaik.