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  • Ex-Odisha CM Giridhar Gamang joins BRS quitting BJP

    Ex-Odisha CM Giridhar Gamang joins BRS quitting BJP

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    Hyderabad: Former Odisha chief minister and nine-term Lok Sabha MP from tribal-dominated Koraput seat, Giridhar Gamang, joined the KCR-led BRS (Bharat Rashtra Smaithi) party on Friday.

    Several other ex-MLAs also joined the BRS in the presence of Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.

    Giridhar on Wednesday resigned from the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), alleging that he faced ‘humiliation’ in the saffron party.

    Gridhar was accompanied by his son Sishir Gamang, who also quit the saffron party alleging that his father was not given adequate importance in the state unit of the BJP.

    Gamang who had met Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on January 13, will likely be leading the BRS party in Odisha in the 2024 elections as its state president.

    “I can tolerate insult, but not humiliation. Moreover, I was overlooked in the party,” Gamang told reporters on Wednesday, adding that he was quitting the party with a heavy heart.

    The veteran tribal leader, however, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for their support.

    Gamang was elected to Lok Sabha from the Koraput Lok Sabha seat from 1972 to 1998 and again in 2004.

    He could not contest the 1999 polls as he was the Odisha chief minister then. His wife Hema Gamang had won the seat that year.

    Giridhar had earlier quit the Congress party and joined the BJP in 2015.

    In the resignation letter to BJP national president J P Nadda, Gamang said: “As you are aware, I joined the BJP voluntarily, at my free will, without any pre-condition in 2015. I am thankful to Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister and Shri Amit Shah, Home Minister, the then President of the Party for clarifying on the floor of the Parliament on my Voting in 1999.”

    “However, I realised that I am unable to discharge my political, social and moral duty to my people in Odisha during the last several years. Hence, I tender my resignation from the primary membership of the BJP with immediate effect. Please accept the same,” the letter read.

    Reacting to the development, BJP state president Samir Mohanty said, “He (Gamang) is a respected politician. He was never humiliated in the party. He was a member of the state executive as well as the highest core committee of the party. He had extensively campaigned for four days in Padampur bypoll. However, he is free to choose any party of his choice.” Senior BJP leader Dilip Mohanty said Gamang’s resignation will not affect the party’s electoral prospects

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Ex-Odisha CM Giridhar Gamang, son likely to join BRS after resigning from BJP

    Ex-Odisha CM Giridhar Gamang, son likely to join BRS after resigning from BJP

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    Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang and his son Sishir have resigned from the BJP and are likely to join Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).

    The father-son duo, who had joined the BJP in 2015 after quitting Congress, announced their resignation from the primary membership of the party at a press conference here on Wednesday.

    They have sent their resignation letters to BJP President J.P.Nadda.

    “I realised that I am unable to discharge my political, social and moral duty to my people in Odisha during the last several years. Hence, I tender my resignation from the primary membership of the BJP with immediate effect. Please accept the same,” the former Chief Minister said in his resignation letter.

    Giridhar Gamang, a nine-time MP, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, for clarifying on the floor of Parliament on his voting against the Vajpayee government in 1999.

    Similarly, Sishir in his letter said he resigned after realising that he was unable to do much for the welfare of the tribal community and the youth during the last several years.

    Hinting towards his joining the BRS, Giridhar Gamang said: “I have come from a national party (Congress) to BJP, another national party. I will join another national party, which is yet to put its feet in Odisha.”

    He also announced that he will not contest in the elections anymore as he is old. “My son Sishir will contest,” the tribal leader said.

    The father-son duo further said that their resigned also stemmed from being humiliated within the BJP.

    “Insult is tolerable but not humiliation,” said the former Chief Minister.

    Sishir said the BJP had promised him to give a party ticket for the Koraput Lok Sabha seat in 2019. However, he was given a ticket for the Gunupur Assembly seat from where he lost with a dismal show.

    “No one has helped me in the 2019 election. After the election also, the entire party in the Koraput area was working under the behest of one leader and no importance was given to me,” he added.

    Wednesday’s development comes after the father-son duo met the Telangana Chief Minister in Hyderabad on January 13.

    Senior Gamang is likely to be appointed as the Odisha President of the BRS to lead the party in the 2024 elections, sources said.

    Sishir is likely to contest the next poll on a BRS ticket, they added.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )