By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: “Former Indian hockey captain Prabodh Tirkey’s joining of marks a powerful moment for our democracy. His inspiration from Rahul Gandhi Ji’s Bharat Jodo Yatra shows that people are turning to Congress for service-oriented politics. Welcome Prabodh, and others,’ Odisha PCC said.
As expected , Former Indian hockey captain Prabodh Tirkey on Monday joined the Congress at the party’s Odisha unit headquarters in Bhubaneswar and expressed his desire to contest the assembly elections next year.
The 38 year old former Indian Hockey stalwart Prabodh Tirkey joined the party in the presence of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Sarat Pattanayak, its state in-charge A Chella Kumar, former PCC Chief Niranjan Patnaik, Campiagn Committee chief Bijay Patnaik and other senior leaders.
The former hockey player, who had married Sweta Tirkey at Ranchi on 28 January 2011, has expressed his desire to contest the next assembly elections from the Talsara segment in the tribal-dominated Sundergarh district.
Prabodh is the younger brother of the Indian hockey player Ignace Tirkey,[2] who also has captained the Indian Senior Team. He won 2001 Ekalavya Puraskar in 2009 , Biju Patnaik State Sports Award.
