Sura Routray confirms OPCC chief's resignation

Bhubaneswar: Prasad Harichandan resigned as the President of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Wednesday owing moral responsibility for party’s defeat in the Bijepur by-election, senior party leader, Suresh Kumar Routray confirmed today. “He is an educated person, a gentleman and he has high organisational and intellectual capabilities. Therefore, he tendered his resignation owing moral […]

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Bhubaneswar: Prasad Harichandan resigned as the President of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Wednesday owing moral responsibility for party's defeat in the Bijepur by-election, senior party leader, Suresh Kumar Routray confirmed today.

"He is an educated person, a gentleman and he has high organisational and intellectual capabilities. Therefore, he tendered his resignation owing moral responsibility. As the party was defeated he thought inappropriate to hold the post of OPCC president, so he sent his resignation to AICC chief Rahul Gandhi," said Routray.