Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government appointed Aditya Mohapatra as the Private Secretary to Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik at State Legislative Assembly.

The OAS Officer Aditya Mohapatra, who is currently posted in the PA Department of Odisha Government, had earlier served as the Additional Secretary to former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

Recently, the former 5-time CM Naveen Patnaik was appointed as the Leader of Opposition in Odisha Legislative Assembly in the new government led by the BJP after the BJD's poll debacle in 2024 Assembly elections. The BJD MLAs, who were elected in the recently concluded Assembly elections, elected the party supremo as the LoP and the leader of the BJD Legislative Party.

After 24 years of ruling the state as the CM, Patnaik will be now seen in the role of the LoP in Odisha Assembly.