Lok Sabha elections: Congress Puri candidate Sucharita Mohanty returns ticket after being denied party funding

Mohanty, girl of erstwhile Congress MP Brajamohan Mohanty successful a message to AICC wide caput (organization) K C Venugopal connected Friday claimed that her run successful the Puri Lok Sabha constituency has been deed hard due to the fact that the enactment has denied funding.

She alleged that AICC Odisha in-charge Ajoy Kumar "categorically" asked her to combat from her ain resources.

Elections to the Puri Lok Sabha constituency volition beryllium held connected May 25.

"I was a salaried nonrecreational writer who entered electoral authorities 10 years ago. I person fixed each I person into my run successful Puri. I tried a nationalist donation thrust to enactment my run for progressive authorities without overmuch occurrence truthful far. I besides tried to chopped down the projected run spending to the minimum," she said.

As she was not capable to rise funds connected her own, the Congress person had approached each elder leaders including the party's cardinal enactment for funds for an impactful run successful the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

"It is wide that lone money crunch is holding america backmost from a winning run successful Puri. I regret that without enactment funding, it won't beryllium imaginable to transportation retired the run successful Puri. I, therefore, instrumentality the enactment summons for the Puri Lok Sabha constituency herewith," she said successful her message to the AICC.

However, Mohanty said she volition stay a loyal Congress idiosyncratic and her person is Rahul Gandhi.

Speaking to media persons, Mohanty said "I was denied funds from the party. In Assembly segments nether the Puri LS constituency, anemic candidates were fixed tickets. BJP and BJD are sitting connected mountains of money. Vulgar displays of wealthiness are everywhere. It was hard for maine to combat the election."

The Congress person said she wanted a people-oriented run but that was besides not imaginable with the deficiency of funds. The enactment is besides not liable for that arsenic the BJP authorities has crippled the party. There are a batch of curbs connected expenditure and galore slope accounts person been frozen, she added.

AICC in-charge of Odisha, Ajoy Kumar said "Mohanty is saying that nary money provided and anemic MLA candidates person been fielded. The enactment has nominated its champion campaigner for the MLA seats and funds volition beryllium provided to a campaigner erstwhile the campaigner launches the run and earnestly fights astatine the ground."

Before coming to the ground, she (Mohanty) has alleged that nary funds were given. But, astatine the clip erstwhile she was requesting a enactment ticket, Mohanty had said that she would earnestly combat the election, Kumar said.

The enactment has already decided to alteration the Puri LS campaigner and a connection was submitted to the Congress precocious command. The sanction of the caller campaigner volition beryllium announced precise soon, helium said.

Sucharita has been fielded by the Congress from the Puri Lok Sabha spot against BJP nationalist spokesperson Sambit Patra and BJD campaigner Arup Patnaik, a erstwhile Mumbai Police Commissioner.

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Published: 04 May 2024, 09:56 PM IST