Aama Odisha Party

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Aama Odisha Party
ChairpersonSoumya Ranjan Patnaik
Founded26 November 2013; 10 years ago (2013-11-26)
Headquarters185, VIP Colony, IRC Village, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar
IdeologySocial democracy
ColoursEarth 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.