With reported disagreement over seat sharing between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal delaying the announcement of a formal alliance that entered the final stage, the Odisha Congress seems to be adopting a ‘wait and watch’ strategy to capitalise on the situation to their maximum advantage.
Congress sources said the finalisation and declaration of the party’s candidates for both Assembly and Lok Sabha seats will be delayed keeping the changing scenario in mind.
The Congress had launched Pragaman, a transparent and democratic process for submitting applications for MP and MLA candidates. More than 3,000 potential candidates have applied to fight election on Congress tickets. The final analysis of Pragaman was to be completed on Friday. However, the party has extended the deadline of Pragaman by two more days.
