Sarat Pattnayak

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday dissolved the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee, days after the party's poor showing in the Lok Sabha and assembly polls in the state.

Congress on Monday brought back its old war horse Sarat Pattnayak appointing him the new Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president replacing Niranjan Patnaik ending long drawn speculations and uncertainties in the grand old party.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday dissolved the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee, days after the party's poor showing in the Lok Sabha and assembly polls in the state.

Congress on Monday brought back its old war horse Sarat Pattnayak appointing him the new Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president replacing Niranjan Patnaik ending long drawn speculations and uncertainties in the grand old party.