Tag: Infighting In Congress

RAHUL-CONGRESS
Rahul Gandhi visit: Can Odisha Congress keep its flock together?

Bhubaneswar: These are testing times for Odisha Congress: while the party is gearing up for AICC president Rahul Gandhi’s visit on January 25, speculations are rife that a few senior leaders may quit adversely affecting the party’s prospects in the upcoming polls. Talks are doing rounds that party’s Jharsuguda MLA Naba Das and Sundergarh MLA […]

  • Wednesday, 23 June 2021
CONGRESS-BHAWAN
Knives out after Congress retains Niranjan Patnaik as Odisha unit chief

Bhubaneswar: A day after All India Congress Committee (AICC) dissolved the office bearers and committees of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC), knives are out again within the regional unit which seems divided on the decision of party high command to allow Niranjan Patnaik to continue as party chief. The decision comes after a delegation of […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
Congress
Infighting plagues the grand old party

New Delhi: Turf war and infighting continue to plague the Congress, posing a major challenge for Sonia Gandhi who took over as interim party president over a month back amidst despondency in the party following the Lok Sabha poll debacle. The grand old party seems to be in disarray, with collective leadership lacking in states, […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
Congress
Column: Factions Rule The Congress

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Unity continues to elude the Congress in Odisha where the party has been out of power since 2000 when it faced a popular backlash for failing to handle the situation arising out of 1999 super-cyclone that had left behind a trail of death and destruction in the coastal plains of the […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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