India, Jan. 24 -- In a major setback to the Odisha Congress, at least 41 party workers supporting expelled leader and former MLA Mohammed Moquim resigned from the party on Saturday, expressing strong dissent against the state leadership.

According to sources, those who submitted resignation letters include a former Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) secretary, a former party spokesperson, former block Congress presidents, a Mahila Congress secretary, along with several youth and student leaders.

Anger over state leadership and party functioning

The resigning workers cited what they described as "ineffective and directionless leadership" of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) under its current president Bhakta Charan Das.

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