The two-member team of observers comprising leader of Chhattisgarh Congress' Leader of Opposition Charan Das Mahant and senior leader Meenakshi Natarajan have reached Odisha and held extensive meetings with several leaders to strengthen party's organisational structure.
As Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday held a review meeting post-Cyclone Dana, Congress leader Bhakta Charan Das hit out at the state government and said that the relief measures were not adequate.
"In the evening, members of their (BJP) youth wing came and pelted stones at the Congress Bhawan. This has never happened earlier...if this repeats, we won't sit quietly. Don't think you (BJP) can implement the Gujarat model in Odisha. This is a peaceful state...," the Congress MP said speak
Former Union Minister and Congress leader Bhakta Charan Das have resigned from the post of Chairman of Odisha Congress Campaign Committee, taking moral responsibility for failure to get the expected number of seats both in Assembly and Parliament elections in Odisha.
Odisha Congress leader Biswaranjan Mohanty has labelled exit poll predictions for the Lok Sabha elections as "fake and manipulated," asserting they do not reflect actual EVM results.
Odisha Congress on Friday expelled its Publicity Committee Chairman Sanjay Tripathi from the party for six years over "indiscipline and anti-party activities."
Targetting Biju Janata Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party on employment and inflation fronts, Congress president Malliakarjun Kharge on Thursday said that BJD as well as BJP have to be removed from the state and Centre respectively for the betterment of Odisha.
Amidst a sea of cheering supporters, Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur, Dharmendra Pradhan participated in a roadshow of BJP's assembly candidate from Rairakhol constituency, Debendra Mohapatra, before the latter's nomination.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) in a press release on Sunday said that the Central Election Committee of the party has approved the revised list of Congress candidates for the Odisha Assembly polls.