BHUBANESWAR: The cash-strapped Congress, which is dealing with a recent Rs 1,823 crore discover from the earnings tax division, booked a seaside resort in Puri the place leaders met potential candidates over two days and requested them to deposit Rs 50,000 every to provide marketing campaign supplies for the upcoming polls. “We are accepting cheque of Rs 50,000 each from shortlisted candidates on behalf of the party to supply branding and campaign materials of an equivalent value to them,” Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak stated.He, nonetheless, didn’t disclose the variety of shortlisted candidates who paid the quantity. Pattanayak stated a gathering was held in a Puri lodge the place many shortlisted candidates interacted with senior leaders of the celebration. OPCC president Sarat Pattanayak stated, “One-to-one meetings were held with the shortlisted candidates where we discussed election strategies and listened to their ideas on the campaign.” Requested concerning the bills incurred on holding the two-day assembly on the seaside resort, Pattanayak stayed silent.Some possible candidates had been circumspect about spending cash on lodge reserving. “We learnt that the party’s accounts have been frozen. The I-T department has issued notices to the party. At this stage, the party should undertake austerity measures and refrain from making unnecessary expenses. The meeting could have been held at the party headquarters in Bhubaneswar, which is just 60 km from Puri,” stated an aspiring candidate. Congress’s Jeypore MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati stated the celebration’s monetary situation is poor in Odisha and different states. “We need donations to run the party and fight elections. There is nothing wrong in seeking Rs 50,000 from shortlisted candidates. Nobody will use the money for personal gains,” Bahinipati stated. It should be talked about that in October 2019, OPCC had appealed to the general public and celebration colleagues in search of donations to fulfill the bills for Bijepur meeting by-election.
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