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Bhubaneswar, October 15 (IANS) The opposition Congress party on Wednesday formed various committees for the by-election to Nuapada assembly constituency to be held on November 11.
The party has formed a ten-member steering committee to oversee its campaign and overall strategy during the by-election in Nuapada.
The members include MP Saptagiri Ulaka, Debashish Patnaik, vice president, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC), Siddharth Swaroop Dash, OPCC treasurer and MLA Ashok Das, Sagar Charan Das, K Appalla Swamy, Satyajit Gomang, Mangu Khilla, Pabitra Sounta and Neelmadhab Hikka.
At the same time, a 22-member election monitoring committee has also been formed by the Congress for the Nuapada by-election.
Congress candidate for Nuapada by-election Ghasiram Majhi told media persons on Wednesday that he will file his nomination on October 18 in the presence of OPCC president Bhakta Charan Das and several senior party leaders from Odisha and other states.
Majhi also informed that a grand rally will be organized in Nuapada on October 18, which is expected to be attended by over 25,000 supporters and party workers.
Notably, the All India Congress Committee (AACC) on October 7 declared tribal leader Majhi as its candidate for the Nuapada by-election.
Majhi has contested the 2024 assembly elections as an independent candidate from Nuapada constituency after being denied a ticket by the party.
Although he lost to late Bharatiya Janata Dal (BJD) leader Rajendra Dholakia by a margin of 10,881 votes in the 2024 assembly elections, he secured more votes than Congress candidate and then Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Sharat Patnaik.
Including the 2024 Assembly elections, Majhi has contested the elections from the said constituency thrice, but lost the elections all the times.
Nuapada Assembly seat has fallen vacant after the death of former minister and senior BJD leader Rajendra Dholakia on September 8.
Dholakia’s son Jai Dholakia has been fielded by the ruling BJP, while the main opposition BJD has fielded former minister Snehangini Chhuria as its candidate for the Nuapada by-election.
–IANS
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