Chairman Campaign Committee Odisha Congress and MLA candidate from Narla assembly constituency under Kalahandi Lok Sabha, Bhakta Charan Das said that his priority will be to raise the issues of people in the state assembly.
"Whatever bill was presented in the Parliament, BJD supported which signifies that BJD has always supported BJP. People know that BJP and BJD are one...This time Odisha voters are in the line of Congress," said Jeypore MLA and Senior Congress Leader Taraprasad Bahinipati.
In what is seen as a big blow to Odisha Congress ahead of the ensuing elections, sitting MLA from Khariar constituency in Nuapada district, Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi, who quit the party a day before, joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday.
After bringing a chargesheet against the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government on the grounds of corruption and misrule, Congress has given a call for 'Odisha Secretariat Gherao' on February 26.
Former Odisha Congress MLA Anshuman Mohanty, who joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday after serving for a decade in the grand old party, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's vision of a new Odisha and his pro-poor activities prompted his switchover.
Expressing condolence on the demise of veteran Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader V Sugnana Kumari Deo, President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday said she earned respect across the political spectrum with her immense contribution to Odisha and its people.
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President Sarat Patnaik on Wednesday accused the Naveen Patnaik-led government of being "immersed in corruption" and alleged that the government has not been able to fulfil the dreams of the people of the state.
After crores of rupees were unearthed from Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dhiraj Sahu linked premises, the party's Odisha unit on Tuesday said that the lawmaker is a 'businessman' and that they have nothing to do with him.
The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak on Friday said that the officers' raj in the state will no longer continue and that his party's strength will increase from 9 to 90 in the state.