Bhubaneswar: In a big jolt to Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of crucial Brajrajnagar by-election, the party’s Jharsuguda district president has resigned from his post on Saturday.
Jharsuguda District BJP President Mangal Sahoo has decided to quit the post citing internal upheavals in the district unit of the party.
Sahoo, who has served the saffron party for the last 25 years holding different positions, has sent his resignation letter to Odisha BJP president Samir Kumar Mohanty.
“The present situation of BJP Paribar in Jharsuguda district as well as Brajrajnagar Constituency is running without parents. The emotional and dedicated sincere Karyakartas of Jharsuguda district feel helpless and insecure”, Sahoo mentioned in his letter.
He said, “My ambition is to strengthen the party sanganthan with coordination between all senior and junior Karyakarta and leaders but now a days it is impossible. Therefore I decided to resign from the post of BJP District President Jharsuguda”.
Sahoo’s resignation comes on the day the BJP fielded Radharani Panda as its candidate for ensuing the by-election to the Brajrajnagar Assembly constituency.
While the by-election scheduled to be held on May 31, the Jharsuguda district BJP president’s resignation has sent bad message in the political circle that all is not well within the saffron party in Jharsuguda district, especially in Brajrajnagar Assembly constituency.