Senior Congress leader, former MP and former Bhograi MlA Kartikeswar Patra on Wednesday snapped his ties with the Congress by announcing his resignation from the party.
He was upset with the party high command’s re-nomination of Union Minister Srikant Jena as the candidate for the Baleswar lok Sabha seat as well as selection of some candidates for the Assembly seats in the district, sources said. Patra said he resigned from the party for the lack of discipline in its ranks.
Patra is likely to join the Trinamool Congress (TNC) and contest the Baleswar lok Sabha seat.
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