Ex-Chief of Odisha Women’s Panel Jyoti Panigrahi Quits BJD Along With Husband

Bhubaneswar: Former chairperson of the Odisha’s Commission for Women, Jyoti Panigrahi and her husband Saroj Panigrahi resigned from primary member of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday.

In her resignation letter sent to the BJD chief Naveen Patnaik, Jyoti Panigrahy wrote, “After being associated with BJD and Janata Dal for around 30 years, with a heavy and saddened heart, I am tendering my resignation from the position of senior vice president of Biju Mahila Janata Dal and observer of Sundargarh district, along with ail other positions, responsibilities and primary membership of Biju Janata Dal,”

“The current asymmetry within the party and the forced loneliness in the chaos where the decisions are made in silos with absolutely no access to the party supreme leadership has put me to this compulsion to leave the party today,” she added.

In his resignation letter, Saroj mentioned that the true associates of BJD were being sidelined in the party, which was the reason behind his resignation.