Update: KP Singh Deo says that he has not resigned. Other reports quote AICC sources to say that he has threatened to resign 4 times.

Earlier this year the Congress party replaced Jayadev Jena as the PCC leader and installed a 4-member leadership in Orissa.

  • K. P. Singh Deo
  • Srikant Jena
  • Bhakta Charan Das
  • Ram Chandra Ulaka

Following is the current status of this four people:

  • K P Singh Deo: He wants to run for the Lok Sabha from Dhenkanal and has not been able to get a ticket. Apparently Rahul Gandhi wants the youngster Suparno Satpathy to run from there. The following tathya.in headline says that: " RAHUL GANDHI ASKS K P SINGHDEO TO BE ON GUARD", "K P SINGHDEO SENDS RESIGNATION OUT OF DISGUST"

  • Srikant Jena: He has no idea what is happening to him. A Times of India article reports the following: Sources said Congress nominee Srikant Jena is reluctant to contest from Balasore Lok Sabha seat. Jena was earlier interested for the Kendrapada LS seat which was filled up by Ranjib Biswal against which local party cadres have registered their protest. "I don’t know where I am contesting. All that I know is what I read in the newspapers," Jena said referring to media reports that he has been renominated to contest from Bari Assembly seat.
  • Bhakta Charan Das: He threatened to resign before he was given the ticket to contest from Kalahandi.
  • Ram Chandra Ulaka: He also threatened to resign. An Indian Express article had this to say:

    Over the past few days, at least two senior Congress leaders, including chief of Congress Legislature Party Ulaka Ramachandra, have threatened to resign after the high command ignored their demands. Ramachandra’s list of favourite candidates for his home district Rayagada was trashed by the party’s Central Election Committee, which favoured the candidates of former chief minister Giridhar Gomango.

    Besides, former Union minister Bhakta Charan Das is unhappy over being denied the Kalahandi Lok Sabha ticket. Even the state Congress president has raised a banner of revolt after names of several of his candidates were struck off and names of relatively fresh faces added by the high command.

There have also been some high profile actual resignations from Congress in Orissa. This includes Taraprasad Bahinipati (leader from Koraput), Pinaki Mishra (leader from Puri) and Rohit Pujari (the then president of Youth Congress of Orissa).

If this is how the Congress leadership treats the leaders from Orissa now, one wonder how the remaining people in Congress, if they win elections and govern Orissa, will be able to stand-up in Delhi and make the case for Orissa.