Bhubaneswar: Naveen Patnaik led Biju Janata Dal Wednesday constituted a 29-member media team comprising of fresh and experienced faces to project the regional party at national and state levels.
According to a notification issued by the party, while five BJD leaders have been appointed as national spokespersons of the party, 14 have been selected as state spokespersons. Another 10 have been appointed as panelists.
Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra has been appointed as the media coordinator.
The national spokespersons are – Pinaki Mishra, Anubhav Mohanty, Amar Patnaik, Sasmit Patra and Satyanarayn Sahu.
The state spokespersons are – Pratap Deb, Debi Prasad Mishra, Prasant Nanda, Ramesh Chandra Majhi, Byomokesh Ray, Subash Chouhan, Subash Singh, Akash Dasnayak, Anubhav Patnaik, Lenin Mohanty, Sulata Deo, Lopamudra Buxipatra, Shreemayee Mishra and Bharadwaj Mishra.
The TV panelists are – Mihir Mohanty, Santosh Lenka, Biswajit Mohanty, Sanjay Baboo, Harish Choudhary, Tapan Das, Durga Samantray, Priyabrata Majhi, Chakradhara Dash and Om Prakash Sahu.