Bhubaneswar, March, 19: Khariar MLA Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi has resigned from the Congress party ahead of the assembly elections. He sent his resignation letter to Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President Sarat Pattanayak today.
In 2019, Panigrahi was elected as the Congress nominee from the Kharial assembly constituency.
Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi is likely to join the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) very soon. There were also reports that he had been in contact with BJD leaders in Bhubaneswar prior to his resignation.