Congress loses principal opposition-status in Odisha after poll debacle

Bhubaneswar: Not only saving its bastions, but Congress seems to be now struggling to save its base in Odisha as it lost the principal opposition status after party’s poor performance in the recently-concluded general elections. The grand old party could only win nine Assembly seats in Odisha. Taking moral responsibility of party’s drubbing defeat; Odisha […]

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Bhubaneswar: Not only saving its bastions, but Congress seems to be now struggling to save its base in Odisha as it lost the principal opposition status after party’s poor performance in the recently-concluded general elections. The grand old party could only win nine Assembly seats in Odisha.

Taking moral responsibility of party’s drubbing defeat; Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Niranjan Patnaik announced his resignation from the post. Not only Patnaik, senior leader Bhakta Das also resigned as chairman of party’s election campaign committee. Jagannath Patnaik also had tendered his resignation from the coordination committee day-before yesterday.