In another setback to Congress, a party candidate from Odisha refused to contest the Lok Sabha Election due to inadequate funding and claimed she was not getting financial assistance from the party.
Sucharita Mohanty, Congress’s Lok Sabha candidate from Odisha’s Puri on Friday, wrote to AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal stating that she could not support her campaign as she lacks funding.
In her letter, Mohanty wrote, “Our campaign in Puri Parliamentary Constituency has been hit hard because the Party has denied me funding.
AICC Odisha In-Charge Dr Ajoy Kumar Ji categorically asked me to fend for myself.”
Citing reasons behind the failure to fund her campaign, Mohanty said she had spent all her savings on the campaign and was unable to provide more.
“I was a salaried professional journalist who entered electoral politics 10 years ago. I have given all I have into my campaign in Puri.
I tried a public donation drive to support my campaign for progressive politics without much success so far. I also tried to cut down the projected campaign spending to the minimum,” she added.
Notably, Mohanty has not filed her nomination for the Lok Sabha election yet and is refusing to do so.
On the other hand, BJD’s Arup Patnaik and BJP’s Sambit Patra have already filed their nomination papers from the Odisha seat.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission on Thursday ordered the immediate transfer of senior Odisha bureaucrat Sujata R Kartikeyan, wife of BJD leader V K Pandian, to a non-public dealing department, hours after BJP’s complaint of alleged misuse of public office, sources said.
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Pandian is a close associate of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Kartikeyan was holding the post of commissioner-cum-secretary in the Department of Mission Shakti, Odisha. The sources said Kartikeyan was shunted out with immediate effect following complaints of alleged misuse of public office.
first published: May 04, 2024, 10:17 IST
Aisha Patel is a dedicated Indian correspondent with a deep understanding of the nation’s diverse affairs. With a background in Indian culture, politics, and current events, she provides in-depth analysis and timely reporting on domestic issues within India.
