Jogesh Singh, Naba Das and Srikant Jena are “expiry” leaders and their exit from Congress will not have any impact on party’sprospect,” said AICC secretary Mastan Vali at a Press meet here.
Talking on the claim of BJD about equidistance from BJP and Congress, Vali said the claim is only for eyewash and in reality the BJD is in nexus with the BJP.
He said the development in the country is only possible by the Congress and this has been realized by the people also. The result of four State Assembly elections held in recent past shows how the BJP lost miserably, he said.
He also raised the corruption in Rafale deal accusing of the PM as the kingpin. In 2019 elections, the people will give a befitting reply to both Naveen and Modi, he asserted.
Among others, Congress leaders Dr Prafulla Majhi, Hemananda Biswal, Santosh Singh Saluja, spokesman Hamid Hussain, Benumadhab Tripathy and Prafulla Sunani were present.