Even as the Congress celebrated the August Kranti Diwas on August 8, more than 20 leaders from different parts of Odisha left the party by sending their resignation to Congress high command Sonia Gandhi as well as the PCC president Sarat Pattanayak.
In a Press conference, they complained that they were neglected in the party. They also accused the AICC-in-Charge for Odisha of not giving proper information to the high command regarding the situation of the party in the State resulting in gross neglect of leaders and workers.
The leaders who quit include former MP Radhakanta Digal, former MLA Rabindra Kumar Behera, former general secretary Biswajit Das, former State spokespersons Nikunja Pasayat and Ashok Samal, national coordinator of Student Congress Soumya Mishra, Brahmapur Nagar Congress president Sujaya Kumar Acharya, State farmers cell leader Tapas Mishra, Vivekananda Panigrahi, Sanjay Barik, Akhyaya Kumar Malla and Bijayaraj Panigrahi among others.