Former Bargarh Congress MLA Sadhu Nepak on Tuesday resigned from the party after being denied ticket to contest the coming elections.
He and his supporters of the constituency sent their resignation letters to PCC president Niranjan Patnaik.
In the 2009 elections, Nepak had own the Bargarh Assembly defeating his BJD rival late Ananda Acharya. But he was defeated by BJD nominee
Debesh Acharya in the 1914 elections. His supporters had been greatly hopeful that he would get the party ticket this time.
Nepak said he would take his next move for the coming elections as per the views of his supporters.