- Source: Odisha Gana Parishad
The Odisha Gana Parishad (Odisha Popular Association), was an Indian political party in the Indian state of Odisha, a splinter group of Biju Janata Dal. The party was founded on October 29, 2000. The president of OGP was Bijoy Mohapatra. Mahapatra had been expelled from BJD in February 2000. Mahapatra had come into conflict with BJD leader Navin Patnaik over the election of Dilip Ray to the Rajya Sabha.
In the 2004 elections, OGP was allied with Indian National Congress. OGP had four candidates to the Odisha state legislative assembly, out of whom two got elected.
The student wing of OGP was called Orissa Chhatra Parishad.
In 2007, OGP merged with Nationalist Congress Party.
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Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Biju Janata Dal
- Daftar partai politik di India
- Odisha Gana Parishad
- Janata Dal
- Politics of Odisha
- 2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
- Elections in Odisha
- Bijoy Mohapatra
- Trinamool Student Congress
- Samajwadi Jan Parishad
- Odia language
- Tanti
