Dikhyaa Mohanty 
All of the state-level frontal organizations of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) have been disbanded. The action is taken in advance of the next organizational election for the party.
“All the State level Frontal Organisations of Biju Janata Dal such as Biju Mahila Janata Dal, Biju Yuva Janata Dal, Biju Chhatra Janata Dal, Biju Shramika Samukhya, Legal Cell, Apravasi Cell are hereby dissolved with immediate effect in view of the forthcoming Organisational Election of the Party,” informed an office order issued by the BJD.
Pratap Keshari Deb, an MLA and senior party leader, was previously named by the party as the state returning officer for the organizational elections for the third time in a row. Senior BJD leader Deb expressed gratitude to Patnaik for selecting him as the state returning officer for the third time in a row after accepting the role. He informed reporters that there will be four stages to the elections for different party organizational entities.
Deb went on to say that elections will be held at the local level initially, followed by those at the district, state, and block levels. He also said that before the organizational elections begin, an election calendar would be created and election conducting and monitoring officers will be recruited. Additionally, Deb told the media that the entire organizational polling process will be finished in three months. In light of the 2027 elections for Panchayats and urban local bodies, the party wants to fortify its organization from the ground up to the state level. According to the party officials, BJD is still the state’s most popular political party.
