Former Speaker of the State Assembly and defeated BJD candidate from Jharsuguda in the recent elections to the Assembly Kishore Kumar Mohanty was on Wednesday appointed as the Chairman of the Western Odisha Development Council (WODC).
Mohanty’s appointment was approved by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, said official sources. Mohanty succeeds Padmini Shekhar Deo, who had resigned as the WODC chief on June Monday. She had two more years left for her tenure to complete.
