Pradipta Naik appointed Odisha's Leader of Opposition

Pradipta Kumar Naik has been appointed as the legislature party leader of BJP in the Odisha assembly. Naik, a four-time MLA from Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district, will also be the Leader of Opposition.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha): Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) President Amit Shah on Monday appointed former minister Pradipta Kumar Naik as the legislature party leader in the Odisha assembly.

Naik, a four-time MLA from Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district, will also be the Leader of Opposition.

The saffron party has emerged as the second-largest party in the 145-member assembly by securing 23 seats.

The BJP lawmakers, who had met on Sunday to decide their party leader, had authorised the BJP President to select the legislature party leader.