Srikant Jena and Jayadev Jena, both of whom called all the shots in the State Congress in the run-up to the elections in the State, have, as expected, bit the dust in their respective constituencies.
Union Minister Srikant Jena, chairman of the State Congress campaign committee, finished a poor third behind the eventual winner Rabindra Kumar Jena and BJP candidate Pratap Sarangi in the Baleswar lok Sabha constituency.
PCC president Jayadev Jena lost to his BJD rival Mayadhar Jena by a margin of over 15,000 votes in the Anandpur Assembly seat.