Senior BJD leader and minister Bikram Keshari Arukha filed two sets of nomination papers on behalf of Patnaik before the returning officer PK Deb at the party headquarters here. Arukh filed the papers with ten proposers.
Patnaik is all set to be elected as the BJD president for the sixth consecutive time unopposed. The election results will be announced on Sunday.
"I have received only one nomination paper from Naveen Patnaik for the post of party president so far, returning officer Deb said.
Stating that he and BJD workers are 'sevaks'
(servants) of the people, the chief minister said "We should have this sevak attitude while we go to people during the panchayat polls."
"The grass root level workers are the backbone of BJD. I have my doors open for them all the time," he said adding parties rejected by the people several times cannnot tamper with its image.
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