Bhubaneswar, April 30 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) received a double jolt on Tuesday after senior party leader and former MLA of Kakatpur Surendra Sethi and sitting BJD MLA from Anandapur Bhagirathi Sethyresigned from the party.

As per reports, along with Surendra Sethi, many sarpanchs and samiti members of Kakatpur also quit the party.

This time, the ruling party denied a ticket to Surendra Sethi, who was elected on a BJD ticket to the Odisha Assembly from Kakatpur seat in 2014.Expressing his displeasure, he resigned from the primary membership of the party.

Apart from Surendra Sethi, chairperson of Kakatpur block, Sridhar Nayak and chairperson of Astarang block Arati Nayak, several sarpanchs and samiti members also resigned from the ...