Bhubaneswar: Purna Chandra Sethi, the former MLA of Khallikote, has resigned from Biju Janata Dal (BJD) citing being sidelined in the party as the reason for his departure.
Sethi, who had represented Khallikote Assembly Constituency as an MLA from 2009 to 2019, had allegedly been denied a ticket in the 2019 elections.
He has sent his resignation letter to the party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Sethisaid though he was denied a party ticket in 2019, he had campaigned for party candidate Suryamani Vaidya, who had won the seat.
Sethy’s resignation came days after BJD’s six-time MP Bhartruhari Mahtab quit the party, alleging he was being “sidelined and ignored”.
Also, BJD’s two sitting MLAs, Arabinda Dhali from the Jaydev assembly seat and Premananda Nai from the Telkoi constituency, resigned from the party and joined the BJP.
Earlier last month, prominent tribal leader Balabhadra Maji, who was a minister, resigned from the BJD and joined the BJP.
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