Odisha Congress MLA Suresh Routray Resigns From Post After Son Joins BJD

Bhubaneswar:

Six-time Odisha Congress MLA Suresh Routray resigned from all committees of his occasion on Wednesday, quickly after his youthful son Manmath Routray joined the ruling BJD and was named as its candidate for the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency.

Suresh Routray, the MLA from Jatani, despatched a letter to Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak mentioning that since his son has joined the BJD, he want to stop the occasion’s election committee and the marketing campaign committee.

“My son Manmath Routray joined the BJD in opposition to my needs. It has harm me. Subsequently, I’m prepared to tender resignation from all committees of the occasion,” the veteran occasion chief mentioned within the letter.

The 80-year-old chief, nevertheless, mentioned that he would stay within the Congress until the top of his life.

“I could pray for my son’s victory, however won’t marketing campaign for Manmath Routray. I’ve appealed to my supporters to place their weight behind my son and guarantee his win regardless of the occasion,” Suresh Routray mentioned.

Earlier on the day, Manmath Routray, a former business pilot, went to BJD headquarters Sankha Bhawan together with his supporters in a procession. He was inducted into the occasion by its MPs Manas Mangaraj and Sasmit Patra.

“I’ll work for the ideology of my father and in addition Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Each leaders have one agenda in life and that’s improvement. I’ll work for the event of Odisha,” he mentioned.

Manmath Routray resigned as a pilot of Air India in January.

He mentioned, “My father needed me to affix the Congress, however I made a decision to start out my political journey below Naveen Patnaik’s management.” Manmath Routray’s elder brother Siddharth Raoutray additionally disapproved of his becoming a member of the BJD going in opposition to their father’s needs.

“My brother has introduced down the picture of my father which he constructed as a Congress chief within the final six many years. It is vitally tough to create an id of selflessness as my father has finished in his lifetime,” Siddharth Raoutray mentioned.

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