Bhubaneswar: Bijay Nayak has been declared as General Secretary of the conch party today while Kishore Tarai and Nishikanta Pradhan have been appointed as District President and District General Secretary of Kendrapara.

Nayak, a state executive member and former state general secretary and spokesperson of Biju Yuva Janata Dal, has been appointed as state general secretary today by Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik.

Similarly, former legislator Tarai, who was denied a party ticket in the ongoing elections has been given the charge of Kendrapara district president. The former district BJD youth wing president Pradhan has been declared as general secretary of the same district.