Bhubaneswar, Jan. 26 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has dissolved all its state-level frontal organisations. The move comes ahead of the party's forthcoming organisational election.

"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 on Sunday.

The party had earlier appointed senior party leader and MLA Pratap Keshari Deb as the state returning officer for the organisational polls for the third consecutive time.

"As per Article-XXIII (2) of the Constit...