Bhubaneswar, Nov. 25 -- Rajya Sabha MP and senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Debashish Samantaray has resigned from the post assigned to him in the party's latest restructuring, triggering internal debate within Odisha's main opposition outfit.

Samantaray, who was recently named "Vice President of Senior Citizens Cell," conveyed his decision through a detailed letter addressed to BJD President and Leader of the Opposition, Naveen Patnaik.

In the letter, Samantaray said he found the title unclear, hierarchical and disrespectful. "I fail to understand what 'in the rank of vice president' really means. Besides sounding bureaucratic, such a designation is demeaning and humiliating," he wrote.

Without directly naming individuals, Samantar...