former state youth congress president becomes the district head of BJD

After being failure in strengthening party organization in Sambalpur district with series of experiments, BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik has finally decided to utilize the congress-experience to strong-hold the party in Sambalpur district. This is perhaps the idea of the party chief when he selected Rohit Pujari as the new party president of Sambalpur district. Rohit Pujari, the former state youth congress president joined BJD during last general election and contested Lok Sabha poll as BJD candidate when he unable to secure a ticket from Congress. Though he lost the battle to congress, his defeat puts no effect on his position in the party level and he becomes the new party president of the district.

“IN the past party leaders including former BJD MP (Rajya Sabha) Pramila Bohidar and former health minister Sanatan Bishi had shouldered the responsibility to strengthen the party in the district level but when situation remained unchanged, now party has given the responsibility on Rohit Pujari. We have a faith on his ability. We hoped he would do something for the party organization like he did when he was in congress”, a party worker told.

Hundreds of party workers gathered in Nari Sabha Sadan of Sambalpur to greet the new party president Rohit Pujari after he back to Sambalpur on Monday. All senior party leaders including health minister Prasanna Acharya were present on this occasion to greet the party president by expressing their support to the new party leader.

“This is for the first time we found all party leaders of the district have assembled in one place. We feel a new strength in every one. Party will grow under the leadership of Rohit Pujari as every one of the party will work to strengthen the party forgetting the past anomaly”, former district working president of BJD Ashok Senapati told.

Sources said, BJD does not have a strong party base in Sambalpur because of the personal difference between senior party leaders. Naveen patnaik’s attempt to strengthen the party in Sambalpur fails to work ever since the day of the inception of the party. Starting from Artatran Mishra to Md. Bijay Mohanty, the party has appointed more than 5 persons as party presidents for Sambalpur but none of them have done any thing for the organization of the party.

“Though people have a strong faith on the Naveen Patnaik, I don’t know why BJD does have a strong party base in Sambalpur. With support of each and every one of the party, I hope to make a strong organization of the party in Sambalpur, Rohit Pujari told while addressing the gathering on Monday. Earlier party workers greeted their president in a motor-cycle rally that went round the street.