The president of OGP was Sri Bijoy Mohapatra.
Mahapatra had come into conflict with BJD leader Sri Nabeen Pattanaik over the election of Sri 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.