Former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang on Wednesday resigned from the BJP, alleging that he faced “humiliation” in the party. Gamang is likely to join K Chandrasekhar Rao’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), sources said. Gamang’s son Sishir also quit the saffron party. “I can tolerate insult, but not humiliation,” Gamang told reporters here. While thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for their support, the veteran tribal leader said he was not given “proper importance in the party and also in Koraput” from where he was elected to the Lok Sabha nine times.
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