Bhubaneswar: Senior leader Bijay Kumar Patnaik Friday resigned from the Indian National Congress. He has sent his resignation letter to the party leadership through an email.
After tendering his resignation, without citing any particular reason behind leaving Congress, Patnaik has said that he would not join any political party and rather prefer to serve the people on his own.
The resignation letter read as follows: “I hereby tender my resignation from INC. Hope you will be pleased to accept it with immediate effect.”
Responding to media queries, Patnaik said, “I saw that I have no prestige in the party. There is no place for me. I felt there was nothing useful for the team. There is no going to another party. I will go to the people.” Mr Patnaik said that he has to serve the people.
Bijay Kumar Patnaik, former Odisha Chief Secretary, joined the Congress in February 2023. After joining the Congress, he was given a new responsibility to chair the campaign committee.
Before the election, he was removed from the post of campaign committee chairman following which resentment was brewing within the senior leader. In the 2024 general elections, Mr Patnaik contested from Parlakhemundi but lost.
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