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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday appointed noted social activist Minati Behera as the president of the women’s wing of the BJD. Behera replaced Pramila Mallik who was made vice-president of the BJD and adviser of the Biju Mahila Dal, the party’s women’s wing. This was done in order to revamp the party’s women’s wing with the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls due next year, party sources said. Read More | Chhath Puja 2018: Significance, rituals, timingsSulata Deo and Elina Das were appointed as general secretary and secretary respectively of the party’s women’s wing. The revamp was aimed at further galvanising the party by strengthening its women’s wing ahead of the elections due next year, a BJD leader said..