Bhubaneswar, Feb 4: Ahead of the general elections to Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly 2024, the Congress on Sunday launched an online portal through which aspirants can apply for party tickets for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the State.

"PRAGAMAN"
Officially launched by AICC i/c @drajoykumar at Congress Bhawan, Bhubaneswar.

Historic decision for aspiring people whose dream is to make Odisha prosperous. A Transparent & Democratic process for submitting applications for MP/MLA candidates.
👉Anyone can apply -… pic.twitter.com/g6k6soqRfG
— Odisha Congress (@INCOdisha) February 4, 2024

AICC Odisha in-charge Ajoy Kumar launched the portal ‘pragaman.in’ at Congress Bhavan here in the presence of former State party president Prasad Harichandan and other senior leaders.

Speaking to reporters, Kumar said," Congress has launched the portal to encourage good people, who want to work for the society, to join politics. Only deserving candidates will get party tickets for the next elections.”

“There will be no discrimination in the distribution of tickets through the portal. It does not matter whether you have money or not, whether you are a man or woman or belong to which caste and religion… everyone will be treated equally. A transparent system has been adopted for this purpose,” he added.

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The Congress leader said anyone interested in fighting the elections on a Congress ticket can apply on the portal between February 4 and February 11.

Out of power in the State since 2000, the Congress now has only nine members in the 147-member State Assembly. Of the 21 Lok Sabha seats, it managed to win only the Koraput seat in 2019 polls.

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