Pyari Mohan Mohapatra resigns as BJD Rajya Sabha leader
Pyari Mohan Mohapatra resigns as BJD Rajya Sabha leader

Suspended BJD MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra today resigned as the

party's parliamentary group leader in Rajya Sabha."I have submitted my resignation letter to the Chairman

of Rajya Sabha this morning," Mohapatra told PTI on his return here.He said breakdown of communication between him and BJD

president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was the reason behind his

resignation. "There was no point in continuing in the post.""I will send the copy of my resignation letter to the

party president soon," he said, adding that he was, however, yet to get

the formal letter from the party president regarding his suspension.Mohapatra, who was suspended from the party along with two

BJD MLAs on June 1 in the aftermath of a failed coup against the Naveen

government on May 29, said he would like to work for the people of Odisha as a

Rajya Sabha MP.He was accused of having engineered the coup attempt to

topple Patnaik's government on May 29 when the Chief Minister was on a foreign

visit to London.Mohapatra had refused to accept the suspension announced by

Patnaik from the state secretariat, saying "I am not a clerk that my

suspension will be announced at the state secretariat. It should have either

been done at the party office or at the Naveen Niwas, the residence of the

party president."

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