Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee


The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Odisha.
The head office of the organization is Congress Bhawan, situated in Bhubaneswar. The current President of the Odisha Congress is Shri Niranjan Patnaik.

History

Until 1920 there was no separate provincial committee for Odisha. Congress organisation in Odisha was under Bihar And Orissa Provincial Congress committee. However in the 1920 annual session of Congress at Nagpur, formation linguistic provincial session was approved. This led to the formation Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee uniting representation of all odia speaking tracts. Formation UPCC gave impetus to formation of Odisha state. This also gave boost to Congress activities in the Odia speaking areas.
UPCC gave boost to formation of Orissa state.In 1931 UPCC adopted a resolution moved by Harekrushna Mahatab , that urged Government of India to establish a separate Orissa state. It also established a committee to take the matter further and cooperate with the British administration without compromising Congress principles.