Many discontent leaders may leave BJD in near future, says Mamata Mohanta

There are many discontent leaders and workers within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and they may leave the party in the near future like me and Sujeet Kumar, said MP Mamata Mohanta who resigned from BJD and later became a Rajya Sabha member from BJP.

“Most of the leaders and workers in BJD are dissatisfied over the autocratic functioning of the party. As many as 80 per cent of BJD workers in the Mayurbhanj district are dissatisfied as they were not given any importance within the party. Many other leaders may leave BJD in the near future like me and Sujeet Kumar,” said Mamata Mohanta on Saturday.

“Joining or leaving the party is a personal matter and I can’t say exactly about them. I had decided to leave the party for more than one and a half years. Some of the founder members of BJD are not with the party now. Some others are somehow managing to be in the party. When the time comes, you will know everything,” she added.

Notably, Mohanta, who was elected to the Upper House of the Parliament from Odisha on a BJD ticket in March 2020, was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha as a BJP member in less than a month after the act of party-hopping.