In a jolt to the ruling Biju Janata Dal, a sitting MP and two ex-MLAs on March 30 resigned from the regional party ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly elections.
Cine star and sitting Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty tendered his resignation from the BJD. Mohanty said he was "feeling suffocated" in the party for over four years.
Mohanty was the second sitting BJD MP after Bhartruhari Mahtab to quit the regional party ahead of the 2024 general elections. The Kendrapara MP was seen celebrating Holi with Mahtab in Cuttack.