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Naba Kishore resigned from the party on Wednesday and is expected to join the BJD soon. Sai was a three-time MLA from Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda district BJD leader and former assembly speaker Kishore Mohanty, who was defeated by Naba Kishore twice in Jharsuguda constituency, said he has no problem with him joining the party.“We are disciplined members of BJD. Analysts said Jharsuguda was the only district where Congress had put up an impressive show in the 2017 panchayat election. But in Jharsuguda, the party won eight of the total nine ZP seats.“Naba Kishore was the lone saving grace for Congress in the February 2017 panchayat polls. By: Debabrata Mohapatra and Ritesh kumar sharmaBHUBANESWAR/JHARSUGUDA: With elections round the corner, it will be a testing time for Congress to find a suitable person to replace Naba Kishore Das at Jharsuguda assembly constituency..