Who is Ajit Kumar Mishra? Meet the New Political Secretary of Naveen Patnaik!

BJD Welcomes New Political Secretary

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) announced on Wednesday the appointment of Ajit Kumar Mishra, a former bureaucrat, as the political secretary to party president Naveen Patnaik.

Mishra will serve as the second political secretary for the opposition party's president.

Previously, business figure Santrupt Misra took on the role of political secretary to the BJD president last year.

Ajit Kumar Mishra, an IAS officer who previously held the position of Nabarangpur district collector, was considered for a BJD ticket to run in the Lok Sabha elections from Kalahandi last year.

This appointment follows Patnaik's recent restructuring of the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the BJD, which included the selection of new state-level office-bearers and convenors for the party's various wings.