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I express my gratitude for having appointed me as Congress working president in Odisha. I do not have any complaint against Congress state president Niranjan Patnaik. This prompted me to resign from Congress' primary membership and post of the working president," Das told TOI. BHUBANESWAR: Dealing a major blow to Congress ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s pre-election tour to Odisha on January 25, the party’s state working president and Jharsuguda MLA Naba Kishore Das resigned on Wednesday. Das had earlier scotched the speculations (of quitting Congress) in the wake of the Congress victory in the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Congress state president Niranjan Patnaik said Das's exit hurt him, but the party will remain unaffected..