By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: With the back-to-back lack of deposits in two bypolls, Dhamnagar and Padampur, the unease inside the state unit of Congress are threatening to interrupt the lid as a number of senior leaders have brazenly begun to lift voices in opposition to the management. Reacting to the successive humiliation on the hustings, some even have gone to the extent of alleging that Congress votes are being bought by the celebration management.
Targeting Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak, Congress whip within the Assembly Tara Prasad Bahinipati requested how did he know that the celebration candidate can be defeated a day earlier than the Padampur bypoll end result was introduced.
Bahinipati mentioned that Congress candidate Satya Bhusan Sahu had bought 32,787 votes within the 2019 Assembly election. But, he managed solely 3,594 votes within the bypoll. “Where did 90 per cent of Congress votes go,” he requested and alleged that ‘these votes were sold’. Leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP)
Narasingh Mishra additionally pointed in the direction of each the losses and demanded the outcomes be reviewed. “Corrective measures should be initiated when there is still time or else it will be too late to do anything to prevent the continuous downward slide of the party,” he mentioned. Even the out-of-favour chief and celebration MLA from Barabati-Cuttack Mohammed Moquim didn’t fail to take a dig on the management. He warned that if such state-of-affairs continued, Congress can be worn out from the state.
Stating that Congress candidates are actually polling votes on par with NOTA, he alleged that it’s the handwork of the management. “Some leaders become busy about how to transfer the votes as soon as bypolls are announced,” he alleged. Another senior MLA Suresh Kumar Routray additionally expressed concern over the state of the Congress in Odisha.
While the celebration’s dismal efficiency in two successive by-elections has raised questions on the objective – from 9 to 90 – set by the state Congress chief for the revival of the celebration, Pattanayak, nonetheless, mentioned that the Padampur end result won’t have any demoralising impact on the organisation or cadre.
“We will regroup and fight the 2024 elections unitedly,” he mentioned. On allegations that the Congress votes have been bought, Pattanayak mentioned that if anyone has proof he ought to submit it and powerful motion can be taken in opposition to those that have ditched the celebration.
BHUBANESWAR: With the back-to-back lack of deposits in two bypolls, Dhamnagar and Padampur, the unease inside the state unit of Congress are threatening to interrupt the lid as a number of senior leaders have brazenly begun to lift voices in opposition to the management. Reacting to the successive humiliation on the hustings, some even have gone to the extent of alleging that Congress votes are being bought by the celebration management.
Targeting Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak, Congress whip within the Assembly Tara Prasad Bahinipati requested how did he know that the celebration candidate can be defeated a day earlier than the Padampur bypoll end result was introduced.
Bahinipati mentioned that Congress candidate Satya Bhusan Sahu had bought 32,787 votes within the 2019 Assembly election. But, he managed solely 3,594 votes within the bypoll. “Where did 90 per cent of Congress votes go,” he requested and alleged that ‘these votes were sold’. Leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP)
Narasingh Mishra additionally pointed in the direction of each the losses and demanded the outcomes be reviewed. “Corrective measures should be initiated when there is still time or else it will be too late to do anything to prevent the continuous downward slide of the party,” he mentioned. Even the out-of-favour chief and celebration MLA from Barabati-Cuttack Mohammed Moquim didn’t fail to take a dig on the management. He warned that if such state-of-affairs continued, Congress can be worn out from the state.
Stating that Congress candidates are actually polling votes on par with NOTA, he alleged that it’s the handwork of the management. “Some leaders become busy about how to transfer the votes as soon as bypolls are announced,” he alleged. Another senior MLA Suresh Kumar Routray additionally expressed concern over the state of the Congress in Odisha.
While the celebration’s dismal efficiency in two successive by-elections has raised questions on the objective – from 9 to 90 – set by the state Congress chief for the revival of the celebration, Pattanayak, nonetheless, mentioned that the Padampur end result won’t have any demoralising impact on the organisation or cadre.
“We will regroup and fight the 2024 elections unitedly,” he mentioned. On allegations that the Congress votes have been bought, Pattanayak mentioned that if anyone has proof he ought to submit it and powerful motion can be taken in opposition to those that have ditched the celebration.
