Congress Candidate from Puri LS Seat Sucharita Mohanty Returns Ticket
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress received a major shock as its Lok Sabha candidate from Puri, Sucharita Mohanty from Puri returned her party ticket. She cited the denial of funds by the party by the party for campaigning as the reason behind her decision. In a letter to AICC general secretary (Organisation), K. C. Venugopal, Sucharita said, “Our campaign in Puri Parliamentary Constituency has been hit hard because the Party has denied me funding. AICC Odisha In-Charge Dr Ajoy Kumar Ji categorically asked me to fend for myself.”
“I was a salaried professional journalist who entered electoral politics 10 years ago. I have given all I have into my campaign in Puri. I tried a public donation drive to support my campaign for progressive politics without much success so far. I also tried to cut down the projected campaign spending to the minimum”, she said in her letter.
“Since I couldn’t raise funds on my own, I knocked at your’s and all other doors of our Party’s Central Leadership, urging them to commit the necessary Party funds for an impactful campaign in Puri Parliament Seat… It is clear that only fund crunch is holding us back from a winning campaign in Puri,” she added.Now Congress is in a fix as only two days are left for filing of nominations for the Puri LS seat.
