Bargarh: A day after multiple former legislators and office bearers of Congress party quit the grand old party alleging partiality over ticket distribution for the impending goals, yet another Congressman Bijay Kumar Swain has deserted the party.

The working president of Bargarh district, Sahoo sent his resignation letter to OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik and officially renounced his post and primary membership of Congress.

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"I am tendering my resignation from the posts of district working president and primary member due to personal reasons," he wrote.

Worth mentioning, Congress has allotted the party ticket for Bargarh's assembly constituency to Nipan Das and Lok Sabha constituency to Pradeep Kumar Debta.