BJD lifts expulsion on Prafulla Ghadai

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Mar 18, 2019 at 4:52 PM Updated On : Mar 18, 2019 at 5:18 PM

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today withdrew the expulsion order on former Finance Minister and veteran leader Prafulla Chandra Ghadai ahead of Assembly Elections in the State.

This was informed by party State General Secretary Bijay Nayak in a statement.

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The former Sukinda MLA was expelled from the party for his intemperate outburst against the leadership in an interview to a local newspaper in September, 2014.

When asked whether he is still interested to contest the polls, the veteran leader said in negative. “I am no more interested to be in electoral politics.”