Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Debasish Samantray on Monday resigned from the primary membership of the party. He was considered as a close aide of Naveen Patnaik. The BJD has 6 Rajya Sabha members including Samantaray. He sent his resignation letter to BJD president Naveen Patnaik and said in the letter that he felt systematically belittled and that the party no longer required his services.
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