<span style="color: #222222;">Speaker of the Odisha Assembly Pradeep Kumar Amat has cancelled the membership of five Biju Janta Dal (BJD) MLA from Assembly, following a complaint from the party.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The members are Purna Chandra Naik from Dashapalla, Basanti Malick from Mohana,  Debaraj Mohanty from Aska, Sukanta Naik from Nilagiri and Trinath Gamang from Gunpur constituencies. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Previously, these members tendered their resignations to party President and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and joined the BJP. </span><br />