CPI to Contest from Jagatsinghpur LS Seat as Part of INDIA Alliance

Bhubaneswar: As part of the INDIA alliance, the Communist Party of India (CPI) will contest from the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha seat in Odisha. The left party is also expected to contest in 5-8 Assembly seats in the state.

According to senior CPI leader, Ram Krushna Panda, the CPI has decided to contest from Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha seat this time. In 2019, the party had fielded a candidate in the Aska parliamentary constituency.

After a meeting of the INDIA alliance at the Congress Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, CPI leader Panda said as part of the alliance, his party would contest from the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha seat as well as in 5-8 Assembly seats.

In 2019, Panda contested from the Aska Lok Sabha seat as a Congress-Left Parties alliance candidate.