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New OPCC president to be named quickly: Chellakumar

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By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: A change in Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) management appears imminent now with State celebration in-charge A Chellakumar on Tuesday saying the title of the brand new president might be introduced quickly after dialogue with the excessive command.

Chellakumar, who’s on a two day go to to the State, held one-to-one assembly with all of the 9 celebration MLAs and a number of other senior leaders. Dissension inside the State celebration ranks have intensified after again to again ballot debacles with a majority demanding speedy change of OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik and chief of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) Narasingha Mishra.

Chellakumar instructed mediapersons that the method has began for the choice of a brand new OPCC president and all senior leaders have steered names. “Very soon, the new OPCC chief will be announced following discussions with the high command,” he acknowledged.

Regarding the demand by some Congress leaders that the following OPCC president needs to be appointed from among the many celebration MLAs, Chellakumar mentioned, “I do not think there is any such thing in the Congress constitution.”

The Congress in-charge mentioned that since OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik has submitted his resignation he’ll hear the opinion of all MLAs, MP, senior leaders and office-bearers. Welcoming the transfer, Patnaik mentioned he had resigned quickly after the 2019 elections. It might be higher if the celebration provides cost to somebody who can lead from the entrance, he mentioned.

Meanwhile, hypothesis is rife that the CLP chief has additionally resigned from the put up after some MLAs voiced the demand publicly. Mishra, nonetheless, didn’t affirm his resignation.The CLP chief, who had a 30-minute assembly with Chellakumar, mentioned that many vital points had been mentioned. Sources mentioned, Mishra has help of two MLAs whereas his detractor Santosh Singh Saluja has the backing of 4 MLAs for the put up of CLP chief.