The veteran leader said that he does not agree with those who want change in the top leadership of the Congress
New Delhi: NDA- backed JD(U) candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh was elected deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha today after he won the election with 125 votes against UPA’s BK Hariprasad who got 105 votes. Earlier, Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik had announced his party’s support to Singh for the Rajya Sabha deputy […]
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 […]
Bhubaneswar: Once again infighting has returned to haunt Odisha Congress with senior leaders openly demanding a change of guard in Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC). A day after the closed door meeting held at the residence of Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra’s residence, three senior legislators of Congress—Tara Prasad Bahinipati, Jogesh Singh and Prafulla Majhi […]
Bhubaneswar: Disciplinary Committee chairperson of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Sandhya Mohapatra today issued show-cause notices to sent show cause notices to three Congress leaders. The notices were sent to legislators Tara Prasad Bahinipati, Prafulla Majhi and Ananta Sethi asking them that why action should not be taken against them for speaking against OPCC chief […]
Bhubaneswar: A day after the resignation of BK Hariprasad as AICC general secretary, a group of State party leaders, who used to question his capabilities in handling the party affairs, now became vocal taking the intraparty squabble a step forward. Even as Hariprasad owned up moral responsibility for the dismal performance of the party in […]
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 […]
Sundargarh: Intra-party squabble in the Odisha Congress has come to the fore again with Sundargarh MLA Jogesh Singh blaming the AICC leaders and PCC chief for the poor show of the party in the ongoing three-tier Panchayat polls in Odisha. “We have to admit that the performance of the Congress in the Panchayat polls has […]
New Delhi: With the intra-party feud in Odisha Congress is at its peak over the issue of PCC leadership, the meeting of four party MLAs with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi here today has kept the state party leaders in a state of suspense. Reports said the four MLAs—Jacob Pradhan, Krushna Chandra Sagaria, Kailash Kulesika […]
Bhubaneswar: In a major twist to the ongoing tussle in the Odisha Congress, president of the student’s wing of the party Itish Pradhan today suspended spokesperson of State Chhatra Congress spokesperson Ajay Panda from the party for involvement in anti-party activities. Notably, the disciplinary committee of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) had issued show cause […]
Bhubaneswar: The attempt to cement cracks between party legislature and Pradesh Congress Committee ended in fiasco today after the student leaders of the party barged into a hotel conference hall where party in-charge of Odisha BK Hariprasad, deputy in-charge Subhankar Sarkar were engaged in discussion with PCC chief Prasad Harichandan and legislature party chief Narasingh […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress today announced formation of committees at the state, block and panchayat level for the ensuing panchayat polls scheduled in February next year. Briefing media persons after presiding over the PCC Coordination Committee meeting, PCC president Prasad Harichandan said for the overall management of panchayat polls, campaigning and selection of candidates, Pradesh […]
Bhadrak: The simmering intra-party tensions in the Congress boiled over in the form of a group clash during a party meeting at Bhadrak this morning. According to reports, a constituency-wise panchayat members’ meeting in the presence of PCC president Prasad Harichadan and AICC secretary and Odisha in-charge BK Hariprasad was underway at the Town Hall […]
New Delhi: The Congress leadership on Tuesday refused to accept the resignation of party General Secretary B.K. Hariprasad, who offered to quit the post owning moral responsibility for the partys dismal performance in the recent Odisha Panchayat elections. Hariprasad, who was in-charge of the party’s affairs in Odisha, submitted his resignation to Congress Vice President Rahul […]
Launching a broadside against ruling BJD in Odisha, Congress on Sunday accused Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of working contrary to the "value-based" politics he preaches by encouraging leaders from the opposition to join his party
Copyright © 2024 - Odisha Television Limited All Rights Reserved.