Sasmit Patra offers to quit as BJD Parliamentary Party leader in Rajya Sabha

Expressing his prefer to step down from the post of Parliamentary Celebration leader of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the Rajya Sabha, Sasmit Patra has submitted his resignation to occasion chief and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

Sources right via the BJD acknowledged on Wednesday that the resignation of the two-time Rajya Sabha member would pave the vogue for the election of one more occasion MP to lead the regional outfit in the Greater Dwelling of Parliament.

While the rapid explanation for Mr. Patra’s willpower remains unclear, several Rajya Sabha MPs of the occasion are learnt to have favoured his removal from the leadership role. The BJD currently has six individuals in the Rajya Sabha.