Four days after PCC president Niranjan Patnaik met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and a group of another senior leaders called on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, leader of Opposition in State Assembly Bhupinder Singh on Tuesday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and apprised her about various issues relating to the State including the organisational status of the party.
“I discussed various issues with Sonia Gandhi. I urged her to ensure setting up of a railway wagon factory in Kalahandi as proposed in the Railway Budget, besides special attention for development of backward regions,” Singh said. assured me of all possible support and assistance for development of the State,” added Singh.