BJD's Jay Panda quits party, expresses anguish to Odisha CM
Odisha MP Jay Panda on Monday resigned from the Biju Janata Dal party and said he will formally convey his decision to the Lok Sabha Speaker. In a letter to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Panda wrote, "It's with deep anguish, hurt and sorrow that I have decided to quit the politics into which our BJD has descended."