Former Odisha CM Giridhar Gamang quits BJP, may join BRS
The Hindu
He thanks PM Modi and Amit Shah for their support; says ‘can tolerate insult, but not humiliation.
Former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging that he faced “humiliation” in the party.
Mr. Gamang is likely to join K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), sources said.
Mr. Gamang’s son Shishir also quit the saffron party.
“I can tolerate insult, but not humiliation,” Mr. Gamang told reporters here.
While thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for their support, the veteran tribal leader said he was not given “proper importance in the party and also in Koraput" from where he was elected to the Lok Sabha nine times.
Mr. Gamang said he has sent his resignation letter to BJP national president JP Nadda.
He had quit the Congress party and joined the BJP in 2015.
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