BJD MP Mamata Mohanta resigns from party, Rajya Sabha
- In Reports
- 10:54 PM, Jul 31, 2024
- Myind Staff
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Mamata Mohanta resigned from both the party and her Rajya Sabha seat on Wednesday. Her resignation has been accepted by the chairman of the Upper House.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar announced that he received Mohanta's resignation letter on Wednesday.
"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.
In her resignation letter to BJD president Naveen Patnaik, Mohanta said she felt that there was no requirement of the service of her and her community in the party.
"I sincerely express my gratitude to your goodself for giving me an opportunity to serve the people of Mayurbhanj and also to take the cause of Odisha at the national level," she said, adding that she was resigning from the primary membership of the BJD.
In a post on X, she said, “That team does not feel the need for my services today. Since I am a leader of the people and their service is my main duty, I did not feel the need to be in that group. That's why I resigned from the primary membership of Biju Janata Dal and the post of Rajya Sabha member.”
According to PTI, she is expected to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Given the BJP's majority in the Odisha assembly, their candidate is virtually assured of winning the by-election that will follow Mohanta's resignation.
With Mohanta's resignation, the BJD's strength in Rajya Sabha dropped to eight. It does not have any MP in the Lok Sabha.
At present, the BJP has 78 members in the assembly while the opposition BJD has 51 seats. Fourteen seats are held by the Congress, three by Independents and one by CPI(M).
There are 10 Rajya Seats in the state, BJD held nine and the BJP one.
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