In view of the Lok Sabha elections, voting has ended for 2 phases. In the third phase, voting will be held on 94 seats in 12 states. Meanwhile, after Surat and Indore, Congress has again suffered a setback. Actually, Congress candidate Sucharita Mohanty has refused to contest elections from Puri Lok Sabha seat of Odisha. Mohanty has alleged that the party is not providing any financial help to him in contesting the elections. She said that it is not possible for me to campaign without the funding provided by the party, which is why I am refusing to contest the elections.
Sucharita Mohanty refused to contest elections
Let us tell you that Sucharita Mohanty expressed her displeasure over not getting funding. In this regard, he has returned his Lok Sabha ticket. Let us tell you that Bharatiya Janata Party has made Sambit Patra its candidate from Puri Lok Sabha seat. In a letter written to Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal, Sucharita Mohanty said that our election campaign in Puri parliamentary constituency has been badly affected. The reason behind this is that the party has refused to give me funding for the election campaign. When Dr. Ajoy Kumar, in-charge of Odisha Congress was told about this, he said that you should arrange for it yourself.
Surat candidate had withdrawn his nomination
Let us tell you that before this, such incidents have also been seen in Surat and Indore. Earlier, Congress had suffered a setback in Indore. Actually, Lok Sabha candidate from here Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination on the last day of withdrawal of nomination. After this he joined BJP. Madhya Pradesh BJP tweeted on social media website X that Congress candidate Akshay Bam has withdrawn his nomination from Indore Lok Sabha seat. After this, Madhya Pradesh Minister and BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya has tweeted that Akshay Kanti Bam has joined BJP.
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