The Indian Citizens’ Party (ICP) which was allotted ‘lady purse’ as party election symbol recently by the Election Commission of India (ECI), on Wednesday announced to contest in all 147 Assembly and 21 lok Sabha constituencies in the State in the ensuing elections.
Briefing mediapersons here, party founder and president Ramesh Chandra Rout said, “In last three decades, Odisha has gone to hell in regards to poor law and order situation, corruption, loot, rape and murder.”
“We are in the final stage of candidate selection. We would like to urge the people to vote for our candidates in order to ensure a vibrant and graft-free Odisha. We will introduce a monthly pension scheme of Rs 500 each for former PRI representatives instead of MlAs, for housewives and unemployed youths if we voted to power,” said party general secretary Narendra Kumar Mallick.