Former Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra appointed as advisor to Chief Minister with Cabinet rank. Ex Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra nombrado asesor del Ministro Principal con rango de Gabinete.

Former Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra has been appointed as an advisor to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, with the rank of a Cabinet Minister. El ex Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra ha sido nombrado asesor del Ministro Principal Mohan Charan Majhi, con rango de Ministro del Gabinete. Mishra, a retired 1977-batch IPS officer, previously served as Odisha's DGP and CRPF director general. Mishra, un oficial de IPS retirado de 1977-batch, anteriormente sirvió como DGP de Odisha y director general de CRPF. He was removed from his DGP post in 2014 but had the charges against him quashed by the Orissa High Court in 2015. Fue destituido de su puesto de la DGP en 2014, pero los cargos en su contra fueron anulados por el Tribunal Superior de Orissa en 2015. Mishra joined the BJP in 2019 and unsuccessfully contested for a Lok Sabha seat. Mishra se unió al BJP en 2019 y compitió sin éxito por un escaño en la Lok Sabha.