Former Chairman of Puri Municipality Jayant Sarangi resigned from the primary membership of the BJD on Thursday.
In his resignation letter to party president Naveen Patnaik, Sarangi held party district president and Minister Maheswar Mohanty responsible for his decision. Training his guns at Mohanty, Sarangi charged that he felt insecure in the party with the Minister almost depriving him of involvement in any party work.
Sarangi also alleged that Mohanty was instrumental in involving him in murder cases to end his political career.
Notably, Sarangi who was chairman of the civic body for five years till 2018, was in the ticket race for the Satybadi Assembly seat, but the party announced sitting legislator Umakant Samantra’s name for it on Wednesday.
Sources reveald that Sarangi has remained in touch with the BJP for ticket for the Puri Assembly seat. Notably, the three major parties have not yet announced their candidates for the Puri seat.