The Odisha Government is making headlines with the recent furnishing of resignations by Congress ministers. Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Chandra Sekhar Sahu along with more than 50 leaders of Ganjam District Congress unit resigned from the Congress party on Thursday.
Sahu also confirmed that along with him, 50 other ministers filed their resignation to the Congress party. The other leaders which resigned from the Congress party included Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary Bikram Panda, Ganjam District Congress Committee President Bhagaban Gantayat and Berhampur Nagar President Sanjit Sahu.
The party has not given any importance to him during the last nine years, Sahu said on being asked as to why he is leaving Congress leaders quit Congress
Sahu said that the utterly poor performance of the Congress party in the Bijapur Assembly by-poll. He also pointed out that Bijapur was a place where Congress had won thrice in a row. Lack of attention and importance to the minister clubbed with worsening performance by his party compelled Sahu to leave the party along with 50 others.
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However, Sahu has not let the cat out for his own future. If sources are to be believed, then Sahu will be joining BJD soon. It is the political observers which predicted that Sahu may join BJD during the visit of BJD Supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s to the district April 4. leaders quit Congress
Consequent to the resignation, Congress President Rahul Gandhi appointed former Union Minister Jitendra Singh as in charge of Odisha affairs on Friday. Jitendra Singh will be replacing B K Hariprasad and will be helmig the party affairs. leaders quit Congress
Seems like the Congress party is facing a major turmoil in the lands of Odisha. Sahu Friday confirmed his resignation and the resignation of other leaders from the Congress Party.
A large majority of the party leaders have been openly demanding the change of OPCC President Prasad Harichandan and Party in charge B K Hariprasad.
What remains to be seen is whether or not, Congress will be able to maintain the continuity of residual ministers in its party, given that it is facing an irreplaceable loss of support from the Indians.
