The District Congress Committee on Thursday held a review meeting to discuss the reasons behind the party’s poll debacle in Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency and the Assembly segments under it.
Congress lost the Lok Sabha seat as well as five of the seven Assembly segments under it in the recently-concluded General Elections. The party emerged victorious in one Assembly seat and it had left Bonai for alliance partner CPM.
Defeated Lok Sabha candidate from Sundargarh and former Birmitrapur MLA George Tirkey accused some leaders of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) and the district unit of working against the party leading to its miserable performance. He exhorted Congress workers to set aside all differences and start working for revival of the party at the booth and grassroots levels.