Tag: Srikant Jena

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress disciplinary committee has passed a proposal to recommend the All India Congress Committee (AICC) to take action against senior party leader Srikant Jena for his allegedly undesirable comments. “As he is a member of the AICC and a former Union Minister, the AICC will take decision on action against him. The disciplinary […]

Bhubaneswar: Days after being sacked from the Congress Manifesto Committee, senior leader Srikant Jena today resigned from all other core committees of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC). Jena has also written a letter to party AICC president Rahul Gandhi informing about his resignation as member of OPCC working committee and election committee of the party. […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Srikant Jena today alleged that money of Vedanta Company has been spent in the by-election to the Bijepur Assembly constituency. “When everyone’s attention was on Bijepur, government made a policy change to favour Anil Agrawal by ensuing Bauxite supply to Vedanta. Hundreds of crores have been spent […]

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: 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: Senior Congress leader Srikant Jena today alleged there was a big scam behind shifting the LNG terminal project from Paradip to Dhamra and giving major stake to a private company, and demanded a CBI probe into the matter. “The LNG Terminal project site was shifted to Dhamra, which was originally slated to be set […]

Bhubaneswar: Reiterating demand for a tribunal to resolve Mahanadi water dispute, senior Congress leader Srikant Jena has today written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to ask Chhattisgarh government to stop  construction of barrage on Mahanadi river. “We can’t allow the Mahanadi to dry up as Odisha would be severely affected. I have tried to […]

The Executive Committee meeting of the State Congress today witnessed a heated exchange of words when senior party leader and former Union minister Srikant Jena lambasted the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Narasingh Mishra over the party’s SC, ST MLAs prostrating in front of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the Assembly three months back

Suspended BJP MLA from Bonai constituency Bhimsen Choudhury today joined Congress in Delhi in presence of Odisha PCC president Jayadev Jena.....

Bhubaneswar: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has formed the campaign committee for Odisha appointing Union minister Srikant Jena as its head. The committee will have 24 members including PCC president Jayadev Jena, senior leader Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra, Ranjib Biswal and others. However, former PCC president Niranjan Patnaik and MP Hemananda Biswal have not been […]

Opposition Congress promised free power to the people living below poverty line while ruling BJD assured voters of overall development on the last day of campaigning for Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls that came to an end on Tuesday evening

Bhubaneswar: Disappointing though for the oldest party in the country, the latest war of words between Srikant Jena and Niranjan Patnaik today, after the former’s removal from the party’s manifesto committee for the 2019 polls, clearly doesn’t augur well for rank and cadres besides supporters of the Congress. Jena today brought allegations against Niranjan of […]

The Congress on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misleading the nation and making “hollow and lame allegations” regarding the delay in the commencement of the Paradip oil refinery project in Odisha

State Congress today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his Odisha visit and accused the BJP-led Central government of "depriving" the state of Rs 1 lakh crore through reverse bidding of a coal block and putting a brake on CBI probe into chitfund scam

Union minister Srikant Jena on Saturday challenged Odisha Chief Minister Navin Patnaik to a public debate on issues affecting the state including mining scam, central assistance to the state and chit fund scam