Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Pyari favourite of most Jana Sammukhya leaders



BHUBANESWAR: Even as leaders of the Odisha Jana Sammukhya (OJS), a newly floated political outfit, organised a State-level meeting here on Tuesday to announce the future course of action in the presence of block-level representatives, some of its top leaders are reportedly in favour of erstwhile political strategist of BJD Pyarimohan Mohapatra.

Mohapatra still haunts the minds of some leaders of OJS, launched on Sunday here, who owe deep allegiance to him since long. Even the Pyari loyalists in the party reportedly had some internal discussions to invite him to their front, but the idea was forsaken due to opposition by its top leaders.

According to a prominent partner of the front, they had full-fledged discussion with Pyaribabu before floating the political front as he could tap some leaders from the BJD to strengthen the front which claims to be an alternative to the ruling party.

On a ‘rumoured’ ‘rift’ in the front over the proposition to invite Pyari into the party, Republican Party of India president and coordinator of the front Shaikh Abdul Wali said there was no rift at all. “If Pyaribabu comes, we will give him full support in the party,” Wali said.

Wali said he had brought in more than eight constituents while forming the front and agreed to support the front in the greater interest of the State, but they had given a proposal after discussions with front chairman Ajeya Rout to bring in Pyaribabu for  strengthening the party. Even Rout had given green signal in favour of the proposal, he claimed.

Most of the leaders felt that they have to take the help of some  strong element outside Congress, BJP and BJD and they chose Pyaribabu, said Wali to The Pioneer. He reiterated that his friendly parties and organisations wanted the strategist to be in the front.

Wali said they had high hopes on Pyaribabu, but the hopes subsided when they heard about a new Morcha being floated by him to organise BJD workers, whom they have been opposing all along.

On the other hand, Samruddha Odisha president and party convener Jatish Mohanty said they are committed to serve the people of the State by providing a political alternative. They don’t need help from any political strategist, he said, adding, they will go to the common people and give them the right message of development. “We don’t have any rift, our front will continue with the good wishes of the common people,” Mohanty said.

The OJS unveiled its party agenda in the State-level meeting where it mentioned that they would give transparent, clean, vibrant, progressive and pro-people governance to the people of the State. They emphasised on easy access of basic necessities for the people and all-round development of the State if they would come to power.       

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