Bhubaneswar: The BJD president and chief minister, Naveen Patnaik, Friday appointed 14 leaders as party spokespersons with immediate efect.

The new spokespersons are Prasanna Acharya, Pratap Deb, Debi Prasad Mishra, Sameer Dash, Sasmit Patra, Sulochana Das, Debasish Samataray, Puspendra Singhdeo, Amar Patnaik, Debasish Marandi, Prashanta Nanda, Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Arun Sahu and Rabi Narayan Nanda.