Tag: Odisha Congress

The party has fielded Niranjan Patnaik for the Bhandaripokhari Assembly seat while Jaydev Jena has been named as the party candidate for the Anandapur constituency.

It is pertinent to mention here that a special vigilance court in September 2022 awarded the jail term to the Barabati-Cuttack MLA. However, the Congress leader soon got interim bail from Orissa High Court on a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh with two sureties.

Speculations are rife that the BJD might rope in Behera from Kendrapara in the 2024 elections.

Sarkhel said, "I have resigned from Congress this morning. I had distanced myself from the party. Now I want to focus on serving the labourers and the trade unions” 

The Indian National Congress on Tuesday announced the first list of candidates for eight Lok Sabha and 49 assembly seats in Odisha. As per the notification, Sanjay Bhoi will contest from Bargarh while Janardhan Dehury from Sundagarh.

"I hereby tender my resignation from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress," read Biswal's resignation letter.

Chatra Congress president Yashir Nawaz said, “Naveen Patnaik’s time as Chief Minister is nearing its end. So, we will not demand anything anymore. We will change the government this time.”

Congress’ Odisha in-charge Ajoy Kumar launching a scathing attack on the two parties said, “After the marriage of the BJP and the BJD, as many as 10 babies were born so early. The babies were named. The first baby delivered is the Chit Fund Scam and the second one is the Mining Scam.”

His homecoming, and that too ahead of the upcoming elections has come as a shot in the arm of the grand old party which has been out of power in Odisha for 25 years. 

The Youth Congress activists allegedly hurled eggs and tomatoes at police personnel after they were prevented from marching towards the official residence of the CM.

At a time when the BJP is all set to rope in heavyweights like party President JP Nadda, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and others, the Odisha unit of the Congress is also not far behind.

Today was the last date for online application through the online portal: pragaman.in for ticket aspirants.  After the application process is over, screening and scrutiny of the applications will be conducted on February 12 and 13. 

PCC President, Sarat Pattnayak said, “A new formula has been made to maintain transparency and give scope to all to apply for Congress tickets.

The Odia actor was in the news after the Utkal Cine Chambers of Commerce, producer Sanjay Nayak last year announced to ban him for a period of two years.

According to Ramesh, the only difference is P and D while B and J are common in BJP and BJD. “In one party, there is double ‘P’ and you know them who are running the government. One P is running the government in the name of another P.