Former MLA Shivaji Majhi quits Congress

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | November 06, 2021 IST

Bhawanipatna, Nov 6: Former MLA Shivaji Majhi has resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party. He has sent his resignation to Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik through an email. Majhi, a former MLA from Lanjigarh, was suspended for flouting party whip during the Rajya Sabha polls in 2010. However, the Congress party had brought him back into the party fold in 2016. Majhi and then Rajgangpur Congress MLA Gregory Minz had abstained from voting during the 2010 Rajya Sabha polls resulting in the victory of BJD candidate Baishnab Parida. Majhi was suspended from Congress in June, 2011. His suspension was revoked in January, 2014. However, Majhi joined BJP after the Congress did not give him ticket to contest the assembly polls.

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