Summary:
While Ramesh Behera replaced Nayak in Daspalla, BJD fielded Manjula Swain, widow of the late Aska MP Ladu Kishore Swain, in the Aska assembly segment in place of Mohanty. Mohanty and Nayak switched to BJP hours after resigning while the Kandhamal MP is currently in New Delhi. I have been deprived of working for and serving the people,” Pratyusha said in her resignation letter to BJD president Naveen Patnaik. She criticized senior BJD leader Bikram Keshari Arukh for his alleged role in denying her a ticket and Nayagarh MLA Arun Sahoo for harassing her with legal cases in Nayagarh. Bhubaneswar: Two days after its first candidate list was released, BJD continues to lose leaders upset at being denied a chance to contest the polls.Kandhamal MP Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh and two sitting MLAs — Debaraj Mohanty (Aska) and Purna Chandra Nayak (Daspalla) — resigned from the party on Wednesday..