India, Nov. 25 -- Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray on Tuesday resigned from the post of vice president of the Senior Citizen Cell.

In a letter to party president and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik, Samantray wrote that the rank of vice president was demeaning and humiliating for him.

"I doubt that there is any place for loyalists of legendary Biju Babu or your loyalists, who have stood like rock behind your long and illustrious political career. Now our party has a new line of thought, ideology and action deviated from the Biju legacy that you epitomize. After careful introspection, I feel rather disappointed despite my unflinching loyalty for you," his letter to Patnaik said.

Samantaray also questioned...