Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress Puri Candidate Sucharita Mohanty Returns Ticket As Party Denied Funding

Sucharita Mohanty, Congress candidate for the prestigious Puri Lok Sabha constituency, has withdrawn her candidature citing her party’s inability to fund her campaign, coupled with her own incapability to compete financially against the formidable opponents from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).

“I have withdrawn my candidature for Puri Lok Sabha seat as I am unable to mobilise resources to fund my campaign for the ongoing elections. The Congress refused to fund my election campaign. Besides, there has been no funding for seven candidates contesting assembly elections in Puri Lok Sabha jurisdiction,” said Ms. Mohanty.

She said, “I don’t blame the Congress as its finances have been crippled by the Narendra Modi Government. The BJP Government wants to win election by paralysing the Congress, the main Opposition party. Suppressing Opposition and winning election unethically is their ploy.”