Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) will comprise of a small team, said newly-appointed president Niranjan Patnaik on Wednesday.
“The OPCC will no longer have a jumbo team. It will be a small team and formed in consultation with AICC secretary and Odisha in-charge Jitendra Singh,” Patnaik told newsmen here.
Talking about the party re-organisation, the OPCC president said the district Congress committees will be formed by May 15.
Asked about the next move to be taken by state Congress, he said the party will prepare its manifesto after taking the opinion of common man.
Stating that the OPCC working presidents are on tour to all the districts, he said efforts are on to strengthen the party base in the areas where influence is poor.
Referring to the Mahanadi issue, Patnaik said his party would attend the all-party meeting on this issue at Sambalpur on May 4.