Congress leader Arindam (Bapi) Sarkhel on Thursday resigned from the party ahead of the elections 2024.
He sent his resignation letter to Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Sarat Pattanayak citing to ‘focus on work as a trade union leader’ for efforts towards betterment and social upliftment of workers.
Speculations are rife that Sarkhel is likely to join the BJD soon to contest the coming polls.
A few days ago, his wife Monideepa Sarkhel had joined the BJD along with her supporters including vice-chairperson of Paradeep Municipality Chhabilata.
Bapi Sarkhel had contested the 2014 and 2019 elections as the MLA candidate from the Paradip constituency against BJD’s Damodar Rout and Sambit Routray, respectively. However, he lost in both elections.
