Party Name: | Odisha Gana Parishad |
Abbreviation: | OGP |
Dissolution: | 2007 |
Founder: | Bijoy Mohapatra |
Merged: | Nationalist Congress Party |
Split: | Biju Janata Dal |
Ideology: | Centre |
Position: | Big tent |
Alliance: | Nationalist Congress Party |
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.[1] The party was founded on October 29, 2000. The president of OGP was Bijoy Mohapatra.[2] 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.[3] [4] [5]
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.[6]
The student wing of OGP was called Orissa Chhatra Parishad.
In 2007, OGP merged with Nationalist Congress Party.[7]