Congress on Saturday night named Jay Narayan Patnaik as its candidate for the Puri Lok Sabha seat in Odisha after Sucharita Mohanty pulled out of the race, claiming that the party denied her funds for her campaign.
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congress candidate for the puri lok sabha constituency sucharita mohanty has declined to contest the elections and returned the party ticket alleging lack of funding from the party. mohanty, daughter of former congress mp brajamohan mohanty in a mail to aicc general secretary (organisation) k c venugopal on friday claimed that her campaign in the puri lok sabha constituency has been hit hard because the party has denied funding. she alleged that aicc odisha in-charge ajoy kumar “categorically” asked her to
India News: NEW DELHI: Congress has named Jay Narayan Patnaik as its Lok Sabha candidate from Puri in Odisha on Saturday after Sucharita Mohanty returned her tick.