BHUBANESWAR: Senior BJP leaders Dilip Ray and Bijoy Mohapatra, both national govt participants, resigned from the party on Friday giving rise to speculations regarding their long term political plan.
Resignation of Ray, a former Union minister, and Bijoy Mohapatra, a former state minister, from the saffron party was once extensively anticipated because the two had been staying away from party actions for previous two years and had became open critics of the BJP.
Addressing a news conference here, Bijoy mentioned the 2 have sent a joint resignation letter to party president Amit Shah. The two had joined the BJP together in 2009. “Joining the BJP was once a mistake. In initial years, I undertook many political actions. But steadily, and in particular after the Kandhamal by-election in October 2014, I was not occupied with party actions,” he mentioned.
Bijoy mentioned the 2 will make a decision and announce their subsequent political plan throughout the subsequent 15 days.
In the letter addressed to Shah, they wrote that they had been treated like “furnishings” and “dirty tips” had been followed to run them down. “The well-meaning tips by way of us to you had been construed as a risk by way of certain selfish self-servicing people who resorted to dirty tips and a campaign was once launched in our respective constituencies to take a look at and deride us,” they mentioned in the letter.
“As self-respecting politicians with a long time of carrier to Odisha, we refuse to proceed in the party as showpieces. We can't be treated as furnishings in the party while the rootless communicate giant and mission a larger than life image,” they wrote to Shah.
Ray, who was once elected from Rourkela as MLA in 2014, also submitted his resignation from the Odisha Legislative Assembly to Speaker Pradip Amat. “It is with deep anguish that I've decided to quit as the Member of State Legislative Assembly in addition to from the Membership of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),” Ray tweeted.
Ray had previous this week announced to resign from meeting as a mark of protest towards inordinate lengthen in construction of 2d bridge over Brahmani river and Centre’s failure to upgrade Ispat General Hospital to a medical college, both Central executive projects.
BJP vice-president Sameer Mohanty mentioned the 2 had resigned for their own non-public political hobby which would not have any have an effect on on BJP. “While staying in the party, they had been acting towards BJP pursuits. They did not even attend the national govt conferences and had distanced away from party actions,” Mohanty mentioned.
There is theory that the 2 would possibly return to the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD, of which they had been founder participants. While Bijoy was once expelled from BJD in 2000, Ray was once shown the doors in 2002. Naveen’s minister and senior BJD chief Pratap Jena mentioned it'll be too early to comment because the two leaders have yet to talk their mind. “However, any decision whether or not to induct them in the party is dependent upon our president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik,” Jena mentioned.
The two senior BJP leaders resignation from the party comes 3 days after former IAS officer Aparajita Sarangi joined the BJP and is tipped to have crucial role in party.
Resignation of Ray, a former Union minister, and Bijoy Mohapatra, a former state minister, from the saffron party was once extensively anticipated because the two had been staying away from party actions for previous two years and had became open critics of the BJP.
Addressing a news conference here, Bijoy mentioned the 2 have sent a joint resignation letter to party president Amit Shah. The two had joined the BJP together in 2009. “Joining the BJP was once a mistake. In initial years, I undertook many political actions. But steadily, and in particular after the Kandhamal by-election in October 2014, I was not occupied with party actions,” he mentioned.
Bijoy mentioned the 2 will make a decision and announce their subsequent political plan throughout the subsequent 15 days.
In the letter addressed to Shah, they wrote that they had been treated like “furnishings” and “dirty tips” had been followed to run them down. “The well-meaning tips by way of us to you had been construed as a risk by way of certain selfish self-servicing people who resorted to dirty tips and a campaign was once launched in our respective constituencies to take a look at and deride us,” they mentioned in the letter.
“As self-respecting politicians with a long time of carrier to Odisha, we refuse to proceed in the party as showpieces. We can't be treated as furnishings in the party while the rootless communicate giant and mission a larger than life image,” they wrote to Shah.
Ray, who was once elected from Rourkela as MLA in 2014, also submitted his resignation from the Odisha Legislative Assembly to Speaker Pradip Amat. “It is with deep anguish that I've decided to quit as the Member of State Legislative Assembly in addition to from the Membership of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),” Ray tweeted.
Ray had previous this week announced to resign from meeting as a mark of protest towards inordinate lengthen in construction of 2d bridge over Brahmani river and Centre’s failure to upgrade Ispat General Hospital to a medical college, both Central executive projects.
BJP vice-president Sameer Mohanty mentioned the 2 had resigned for their own non-public political hobby which would not have any have an effect on on BJP. “While staying in the party, they had been acting towards BJP pursuits. They did not even attend the national govt conferences and had distanced away from party actions,” Mohanty mentioned.
There is theory that the 2 would possibly return to the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD, of which they had been founder participants. While Bijoy was once expelled from BJD in 2000, Ray was once shown the doors in 2002. Naveen’s minister and senior BJD chief Pratap Jena mentioned it'll be too early to comment because the two leaders have yet to talk their mind. “However, any decision whether or not to induct them in the party is dependent upon our president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik,” Jena mentioned.
The two senior BJP leaders resignation from the party comes 3 days after former IAS officer Aparajita Sarangi joined the BJP and is tipped to have crucial role in party.
Odisha: BJP MLA Dilip Ray, senior leader Bijoy Mohapatra resign from party
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