BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik appointed Rairakhol MLA Rohit Pujari will be deputy government chief whip in the state assembly.
Earlier Bhograi MLA Anant Das was appointed government chief whip. A formal notification to this effect is likely to be issued soon.
Besides, the names of Mangala Kissan, Bed Prakash Agrawala, Pramila Mallick and Surjya Narayan Patro are doing the rounds for the post of Speaker while either Dr Nrushinga Sahu or Mahesh Sahu is tipped for the post of Deputy Speaker.
