Bhubaneswar: Hours after Congress’ Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sucharita Mohanty opted out of the race, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) replaced her with a new candidate.
As per the party decision, Jay Narayan Patnaik will contest the Lok Sabha election from Puri.
Sucharita Mohanty dropped out today citing lack of funds.
“It is clear that only a fund crunch is holding us back from a winning campaign in Puri. I regret that without party funding, it won’t be possible to carry out the campaign in Puri. I, therefore, return the INC ticket for the Puri Parliamentary Constituency herewith,” she wrote in a letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge.
The journalist-turned-politician alleged that Odisha Congress in-charge Ajoy Kumar asked her to fight using her own funds.
