Newly-elected Congress MlAs led by former Minister and Balangir MlA Narashingha Mishra, paid a courtesy call on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at his Assembly chamber after taking oath as members of the House on Friday.
Mishra told the media that his party would extend all support to the Government for expediting development of the State. “Time has come to remain above party lines and petty politics to serve the State to make it prosperous,” he said.Without naming the BJP, Mishra said that he also thanked the Chief Minister for “keeping the communal forces” at bay in the State.Mishra is the forerunner for the post of leader of Opposition in the Assembly.