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dated March 30, 1957: Mahtab claims majority

Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab, the newly-elected leader of the Orissa Legislature Congress Party, announced at a press conference in Cuttack on March 29 that the Congress would be reinstated in power in Orissa in the first week of April. He said the party which was returned with a strength of 56 members was to-day 64 strong besides having the support of 11 others. Replying to questions, Dr. Mahtab said the new Ministry headed by him would be formed with the support of one Socialist, five Independents and others mostly from the Ganatantra Parishad. "If everything goes well, I think the Ministry will come into being in the first week of April. It will be a Congress Ministry."

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