Bhubaneswar/Koraput: There is a ruckus in the factions ahead of the Panchayat elections to be held here early next year. Congress Odisha got a jolt with its state unit working president and former Nabarangpur MP, Pradeep MajhiResigned from the party on Friday.
Manjhi is the third prominent leader to quit the ‘Grand Old’ party in the last one month. On October 20, former Laxmipur MLA from Congress Kailash Kulesika joined the ruling BJD. Chandrashekhar Manjhi, former Congress MLA from Kotpad, shifted his allegiance to the BJD on 15 September.
There is talk of Manjhi also joining the BJD. There were speculations for a long time that Manjhi would leave the Congress.
In his resignation letter to the interim president of the party, Sonia GandhiManjhi wrote, “With sincere respect and obedience, I would like to pray to the state with utmost pain and anguish that I have decided to resign from the primary membership of the Congress. Due to some stubborn leaders holding important positions, the party has I have lost my credibility.” He added, “However, I will perform my duties according to your ideology.”
Hours after Manjhi’s resignation from the party, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik Meets Sonia in Delhi “I inquired about her well being and discussed organizational issues with her,” niranjan tweeted.
On Manjhi’s resignation, Niranjan said that the former may have left the party with the ambition of achieving something in some other party. “He was given key positions, responsibilities, attention and respect in the Congress. Let us see if he gets the same position and respect in another party,” said Niranjan, who has been facing rebellion and discontent within the party since its defeat in the 2019 elections.
Congress MLA from Jaipur and Manjhi’s staunch opponent Tara Prasad Bahinipati said Manjhi’s resignation will not affect the party. “Majhi and his close aide Kulesika were involved in anti-party activities. Fearing disciplinary action, he left the party. It is good for the party that such rebels are gone.”
Manjhi, who wields considerable influence over the tribals of Nabarangpur and Malkangiri districts, was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2009 on a Congress ticket from Nabarangpur. He lost the elections to BJD’s Balabhadra Manjhi in 2014 and 2019. Ramesh Majhi, respectively.
Manjhi is the third prominent leader to quit the ‘Grand Old’ party in the last one month. On October 20, former Laxmipur MLA from Congress Kailash Kulesika joined the ruling BJD. Chandrashekhar Manjhi, former Congress MLA from Kotpad, shifted his allegiance to the BJD on 15 September.
There is talk of Manjhi also joining the BJD. There were speculations for a long time that Manjhi would leave the Congress.
In his resignation letter to the interim president of the party, Sonia GandhiManjhi wrote, “With sincere respect and obedience, I would like to pray to the state with utmost pain and anguish that I have decided to resign from the primary membership of the Congress. Due to some stubborn leaders holding important positions, the party has I have lost my credibility.” He added, “However, I will perform my duties according to your ideology.”
Hours after Manjhi’s resignation from the party, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik Meets Sonia in Delhi “I inquired about her well being and discussed organizational issues with her,” niranjan tweeted.
On Manjhi’s resignation, Niranjan said that the former may have left the party with the ambition of achieving something in some other party. “He was given key positions, responsibilities, attention and respect in the Congress. Let us see if he gets the same position and respect in another party,” said Niranjan, who has been facing rebellion and discontent within the party since its defeat in the 2019 elections.
Congress MLA from Jaipur and Manjhi’s staunch opponent Tara Prasad Bahinipati said Manjhi’s resignation will not affect the party. “Majhi and his close aide Kulesika were involved in anti-party activities. Fearing disciplinary action, he left the party. It is good for the party that such rebels are gone.”
Manjhi, who wields considerable influence over the tribals of Nabarangpur and Malkangiri districts, was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2009 on a Congress ticket from Nabarangpur. He lost the elections to BJD’s Balabhadra Manjhi in 2014 and 2019. Ramesh Majhi, respectively.
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