Aama Odisha Party

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Aama Odisha Party
Chairman Soumya Ranjan Patnaik
Founded26 November 2013;11 years ago (2013-11-26)
Headquarters185, VIP Colony, IRC Village, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar
Ideology Social democracy
Colours Earth Yellow
ECI StatusState Party [1]
AllianceNone
Seats in  Lok Sabha
0 / 543
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in  State Legislative Assembly
0 / 147
(Odisha)

The Aama Odisha Party (AOP) was a state political party of the Indian state of Odisha led by Soumya Ranjan Patnaik. It was founded on 26 November 2013. [2] Aama Odisha Party was allotted pot symbol by the Election Commission of India. [3]

On 22 March 2014, Suparno Satpathy quit the Indian National Congress and joined AOP. [4]

On 6 March 2018, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik merged Aama Odisha Party with Biju Janata Dal and he was nominated by Naveen Patnaik as a BJD MP to Rajya Sabha.

References

  1. "(UPDATED LIST OF PARTIES & SYMBOLS As per main Notification dated 13.04.2018 As on 09.03.2019" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. "Soumya Ranjan Patnaik floats new political outfit "Ama Odisha"". 26 November 2013. Pragativadi. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  3. "Odisha politics: Aama Odisha Party allotted earthen pot ( Mathiya) symbol". 25 February 2014. Odisha Today. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  4. "Suparno quits Congress joins AOP". Times of India. Retrieved 23 March 2014.