Former Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik on Monday reiterated his stand that he would not contest for any Assembly seat in the 2014 elections under the leadership of PCC president Jayadev Jena but may contest for Parliament if given an opportunity.
Talking to reporters here, he demanded Jayadev Jena’s immediate resignation in view of the party’s dismal performance in the urban local body elections.
Patnaik, in reply to a question, said he would not join his younger brother Soumya Ranjan Patnaik’s newly-formed Aama Odisha party. But at the same time, he remarked that Soumya Patnaik is a “very talented man and has created his own identity in Odisha’s political field.