Tag: Odisha Congress

Following the 2024 poll debacle, AICC announced the dissolution of the Odisha PCC. Eyes are on senior Congress leaders Bhakta Das, Mohammad Moquim, and former PCC president Jayadev Jena for the new president role.

The demand for Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Sarat Pattanayak's resignation after the party's poll debacle is growing with some senior party leaders giving voice to it.

During the nomination filing, a confrontation erupted between Congress leader Uma Ballav Rath and Independent candidate Sujit Mohapatra in Puri

The party fielded Nagendra Pradhan in the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency while Suresh Mohapatra has been nominated for the Cuttack Lok Sabha seat.

Sofia Firdous was present in the meeting amid speculations that she may be picked as the Congress candidate for the seat, as Moquim may not contest the election due to the ORHDC loan scam case. He could not get a stay on the Orissa High Court order pertaining to the case.

The sitting Jatani MLA has been in the eye of a storm after his son Manmath Routray was given a BJD ticket to contest from the prestigious Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat against BJP’s sitting MP Aparajita Sarangi. 

Another senior Congress leader said that Sofia is not a new candidate, rather she was involved since 2014 and campaigned for her father in 2019 as well.

Congress workers opened betel shops to highlight the alleged scams by the BJD and BJP.

Jayant Bhoi’s supporters shouted slogans against the president of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee Sarat Pattanayak and wanted to know why Sagaria was given a ticket in Jayadev constituency while he belongs to a place 700 km away.

The party has fielded Niranjan Patnaik for the Bhandaripokhari Assembly seat while Jaydev Jena has been named as the party candidate for the Anandapur constituency.

It is pertinent to mention here that a special vigilance court in September 2022 awarded the jail term to the Barabati-Cuttack MLA. However, the Congress leader soon got interim bail from Orissa High Court on a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh with two sureties.

Speculations are rife that the BJD might rope in Behera from Kendrapara in the 2024 elections.

Sarkhel said, "I have resigned from Congress this morning. I had distanced myself from the party. Now I want to focus on serving the labourers and the trade unions” 

The Indian National Congress on Tuesday announced the first list of candidates for eight Lok Sabha and 49 assembly seats in Odisha. As per the notification, Sanjay Bhoi will contest from Bargarh while Janardhan Dehury from Sundagarh.

"I hereby tender my resignation from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress," read Biswal's resignation letter.