Naveen Patnaik talks MLA back into BJD

BJD MLA and former minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, who quit the party on Wednesday after being denied a poll ticket, reversed his decision a day later following the intervention of CM and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik, reported. Naveen called Panigrahi to his residence on Thursday and appointed him the party's Balasore district unit chief in place of Aswini Kumar Patra, who was, in turn, made BJD's senior general secretary.
"I reconsidered my decision to withdraw my resignation letter after a discussion with the CM," Panigrahi told TOI.