New Delhi: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Mamata Mohanta has resigned from her Rajya Sabha membership. Her resignation was accepted by the chairman of the Upper House on Wednesday.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar today said he received the resignation letter on Wednesday from Mohanta.
“She has resigned her seat by writing to the chairman under her hand and handed personally to me. The same I find to be constitutionally in order. I have accepted the resignation of Shrimati Mamata Mohanta, member representing the state of Odisha, with immediate effect,” Dhankhar said.
Mohanta, a prominent leader from Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, also resigned from the primary membership of BJD and she has sent her resignation letter to party president Naveen Patnaik.
