Congress Manifesto To Be Prepared In Consultation With Experts

Bhubaneswar: Newly appointed chairperson of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Manifesto Committee Ganeswar Behera on Wednesday said that the party will prepare the election manifesto in consultation with experts.

Briefing mediapersons after presiding over the first meeting of the Manifesto Committee at the Congress Bhawan here in the afternoon, Behera said the committee will prepare the manifesto taking into account the experience and suggestions of the local people and leaders in various areas of the state. Apart from this, the party will seek the opinion of the people through the official web portal of the committee.

He also said that priority would be given to the SC and ST communities in the manifesto.

The AICC on December 6 had announced a 10-member Manifesto  Committee of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee with Behera  as its chairman in place of Srikant Jena.

Apart from Behera, the eight other members of the committee are leaders of the Opposition Narasingha Mishra, former OPCC president Prasad Harichandan, Sudarsan Das, Shyam Sundar Hansda, Meri Surin, Natabara Khuntia, Liaqat Ali and Satya Prakash Nayak. Besides, Bismay Mahapatra has been appointed as the convener of

the committee.