Bhubaneswar

3 State Cong leaders summoned to Delhi

PNS

Speculations about imminent revamping of the Odisha Congress were further fuelled on Tuesday as three State party leaders MlAs Chiranjib Biswal and Naba Kishore Das and former MP Pradeep Majhi were summoned to meet party president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on April 19.The development came in the aftermath of a meeting of the newly-appointed AIIC secretaries for revamp of the party organisation in the State.

Notably, in an effort to resolve the ongoing internal feud in the State Congress and chalk out a future course of action, the newly-appointed office-bearers had met in New Delhi on Monday.

Congress Odisha in-charge Jitendra Singh, three newly-appointed AICC secretaries and a joint secretary for Odisha deliberated on party affairs in the State to bring the party organisation back on track.

Reports said Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan was also in Delhi and met State in-charge Singh and AICC general secretary Ashok Gehlot.

In the meeting, it was decided that Jitendra Singh would hold discussions with senior party members from Odisha in next two days in New Delhi, following which the party would announce the names of its district and block presidents, sources said.