Tag: Niranjan Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: The Congress today launched a nation-wide dharna in front of Raj Bhawans at state capitals and all district headquarters protesting the alleged partisan and authoritarian act of Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala inviting the BJP to form government in the state. In a letter to all the PCCs, AICC General Secretary Ashok Gehlot stated that […]

Bhubaneswar: The proceedings of Odisha Assembly were disrupted following pandemonium by opposition members seeking a reply from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on deteriorating law and order situation and rise in incidents of crime against women and rape of minor girls in the State. The opposition members tried to corner Odisha government over the alleged rape […]

Bhubaneswar: Accepting past mistakes and ensuring that they are not repeated henceforth seems to be the top agenda of the newly-appointed president of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC), Niranjan Patnaik and his team, which received a rousing welcome at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar after their arrival from New Delhi today. Patnaik was accompanied […]

Bhubaneswar: Niranjan Patnaik who once criticized outgoing Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan’s jumbo team saying ‘too many cooks spoil the broth,’ is now the new OPCC chief and it remains to be seen how he takes the party forward with his team, whose size seems not quite different from his predecessor’s. Eyes […]

New Delhi: Putting all speculations to rest, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) today named senior party leader Niranjan Patnaik as the president of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC). Congress President Rahul Gandhi appointed Patnaik with immediate effect, stated a press release issued by the AICC. Patnaik replaced Prasad Harichandan as the OPCC president. […]

Bhubaneswar: Prasad Harichandan resigned as the President of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Wednesday owing moral responsibility for party’s defeat in the Bijepur by-election, senior party leader, Suresh Kumar Routray confirmed today. “He is an educated person, a gentleman and he has high organisational and intellectual capabilities. Therefore, he tendered his resignation owing moral […]

Bhubaneswar: To clear the air over his recent New Delhi visit, at a time when All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Rahul Gandhi had informed that there would not be any changes in the existing leadership of state units, former Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief Niranjan Patnaik today informed mediapersons that he had had […]

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission (EC) is delaying Bijepur bypoll due to pressure from the Centre, alleged Odisha Labour Minister Sushant Singh today. “The BJP is not announcing their candidate, the election date is also not announced, it seems that something fishy is going on. People feel Election Commission is delaying the dates under pressure from […]

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: War of words between political parties in Odisha is getting intense ahead of the Bijepur bypoll with Congress today claiming that the ruling-Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will cease to exist following the retirement of Chief Minister and party president Naveen Patnaik in a span of two years. While lambasting BJD vice president Surya Narayan […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik, on Saturday, lambasted the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government for its anti-farmer policies in Odisha. Accusing the government of neglecting farmers, Patnaik said the government passed the salary hike proposal for ministers and MLAs with ease but the same is not followed while proposals are tabled for farmers. The government […]

Bhubaneswar: In an open letter to former OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik, senior Congress leader Srikant Jena on Thursday said that he had not targeted the former while stating that mine looters exist in all political parties including his party. “In an answer to a reporter’s question I had said all parties that include Congress also. […]

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: Expressing caustic remarks about some of his partymen, senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Srikant Jena today said mine looters exist in all political parties including his party. However, he refrained from naming anyone. “Because of such mine looters, Congress is unable to hold ground in the State,” Jena alleged. He claimed mining […]

Bhubaneswar: The rift in Odisha Congress Legislature Party (CLP) seems to be widening further as three legislators of the party have reportedly backed senior leader Bhakta Das for the post of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief. In a written memorandum to the AICC observers’ team, all the three MLAs have pledged their support to Das, […]