Congress releases List Of Star Campaigners

Congress releases List Of Star Campaigners

Congress releases List Of Star Campaigners

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress has announced its star campaigners for the state's three-tier panchayat elections.

Prasad Harichandan, the former president of the OPCC, has been removed from the list. Harichandan was chastised for allegedly failing to distribute tickets for Zilla Parishad seats in Puri's Satyabadi Assembly constituency.

Faced with infighting, the Congress has not fielded a candidate from Satyabadi for the first time.

The following is a list of notable activists:

* OPCC President Niranjan Patnaik

CLP leader Narasingha Mishra

* AICC general secretary A Chella Kumar, MP, Odisha in-charge

* President of the PCC of Chhattisgarh, Mohan Markam

* Chhattisgarh Cabinet Minister Kawasi Lakhma

* Chhattisgarh Cabinet Minister Amar Jeet Bhagat

G Rudra Raju is the secretary of the AICC.

* OPCC working president Chiranjib Biswal

Saptagiri Ulaka, Member of Parliament

* Former OPCC President Jayadev Jena

Sarat Patnaik, former president of the OPCC

* Former minister Panchanan Kanungo

* MLA Suresh Kumar Routray

* Taraprasad Bahinipati, Member of the Legislative Assembly

* Md. Moquim, MLA

Santosh Singh Saluja, MLA

* Former minister Bajayalaxmi Sahoo

* Vice President of the OPCC, Suresh Mohapatra

* Former minister Kishore Patel

* Media convener Satyaprakash Nayak