Congress Names New Puri Candidate As Sucharita Mohanty Drops Out Over Lack Of Funds
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Congress has named Jay Narayan Patnaik as its candidate for the Puri Lok Sabha seat in Odisha.
Congress on Saturday night named Jay Narayan Patnaik as its candidate for the Puri Lok Sabha seat in Odisha after Sucharita Mohanty pulled out of the race, claiming that the party denied her funds for her campaign.
In a statement issued by Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, the party said its president Mallikarjun Kharge approved the candidature of Mr Patnaik in place of Ms Mohanty.
Sucharita Mohanty, the daughter of former Congress MP Brajamohan Mohanty, in a mail to Mr Venugopal on Friday claimed that her campaign was hit hard because the party denied her funding.
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