Tag: Aicc

Bhubaneswar: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today appointed former Union Minister of State for Sports, Jitendra Singh as All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Odisha replacing BK Hariprasad. Earlier last year, Singh had visited the State and held discussions with party leaders at grassroots and submitted a report to the Congress President. In the plenary […]

Berhampur: In a major jolt to Congress, former Union minister Chandrasekhar Sahu and three senior leaders resigned from the party accusing growing indiscipline within the party. Sahu sent his resignation to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President yesterday. Alleging that the high command is acting indifferent to the […]

Bhubaneswar: Resentment is brewing within Congress leaders in the State after exclusion of a few heavyweights from the new list of members of All India Congress Committee (AICC) and this is evident from the fact that a few from the party continue to remain vocal (since then) against their leaders in Odisha and New Delhi. […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Odia girl, Manisha Tripathy from Nabarangpur district has been included as member in the recently reconstituted All-India Congress Committee (AICC). OTV caught up with her in New Delhi to understand how she feels about becoming the youngest member of AICC. Here are the excerpts. Feeling on becoming the youngest AICC member? I can’t […]

Bhubaneswar: Resentment is now brewing within Congress leaders in Odisha after a few senior leaders including Ananta Sethy and MLAs Tara Prasad Bahinipati, Jogesh Singh and Prafulla Majhi were dropped from the new list of All India Congress Committee (AICC) members that was released on Friday. However, 78 leaders from Odisha have been included in […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Ananta Sethi has stirred up a hornet’s nest by hailing Niranjan Patnaik as the right candidate for the next president of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC). “There has already been a delay and now only Niranjan can save Congress in Odisha. This is also the view of nearly 80 to 90 […]

Bhubaneswar: Buzz around change of guard in the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) intensified further today after the All India Congress Committee (AICC) appointed new leaders for key posts in its women’s wing and Madhya Pradesh unit. A meeting between Congress party’s Odisha in-charge BK Hariprasad and OPCC chief Prasad Harichandan in New Delhi today […]

Bhubaneswar: Speculation is again rife over a possible change of guard in Odisha Pradesh Congess Committee (PCC) as  AICC vice president has called on senior leaders of the party from Odisha for a meeting. The senior leaders of the Congress will be leaving for New Delhi on September 5, official sources said. The state leaders […]

Bhubaneswar: On August 13, when 15 Congress MLAs met a team of AICC observers amid the ongoing row over change in leadership of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC); G.Udaygiri MLA Jacob Pradhan was among 3 MLA’s who went against the legislature party decision to project Niranjan Patnaik as the OPCC chief and separately pledged support […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In a bid to strengthen its organisation in Odisha, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief Sonia Gandhi today constituted a three-member team of observers to assess the political situation in the State. Senior leaders Tamrdhwaj Sahu, Sushmita Dev and Jitendra Singh are part of the team and have been asked to submit […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress today held a meeting at the official residence of Leader of Opposition Narsingha Mishra here in connection with the upcoming presidential election. During the meeting, the leaders of the Congress pledged their support for the UPA’s candidate Meira Kumar as the Presidential candidate. Meanwhile, All India Congress Committee (AICC) directed to […]

Bhubaneswar: Sam Pitroda, Technical Advisor to the Odisha government, has been appointed the chairman of the Overseas Congress Department of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). AICC’s general secretary Janardan Dwivedi today informed about the appointment in a press release. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved the renaming of AICC ST Department as Adivasi Congress […]

Bhubaneswar: Congress’ rout in the Odisha Panchayat Polls has claimed its first victim in the form of All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary and State in-charge, BK Hariprasad. According to AICC Media panellist, Brijesh Kalappa, Hariprasad has resigned from both his posts. Kalappa also said that Hariprasad’s resignation from the general secretary post to […]

Bhubaneswar: All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad today came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetization of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes. Addressing a press meet at Congress Bhawan here, he said the Prime Minister is squarely responsible for ruining the livelihood of 5 crore people due to demonetisation. He […]

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: In a scathing allegation, the Congress has accused BJP of buying lands in 18 districts of Odisha ahead of the demonetization move. In a press meet in New Delhi, All India Congress Committee’s chief spokesperson, Randeep Surjewala alleged that BJP members have bought land at significantly lower than market prices, adding that […]