<span style="color: #222222;">In Odisha, ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Premananda Nayak has resigned from the primary membership of the party.  He represents the Telkoi Assembly constituency in the Keonjahr district of Odisha.<br />''</span><br />''The MLA had sent his resignation letter to BJD Supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Nayak had won the Assembly election in 2009 and 2019 on a BJD ticket. He was picked as Skill Development and Technical Education Minister in the fifth term of Naveen Patnaik and was dropped from the ministry in 2022.</span><br />