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Former Congress MLA Joins BSP, Says if Mayawati wants he will contest against Naveen Pattnaik

Former Congress MLA Krushna Chandra Sagaria Joins BSP, Says if Mayawati wants he will contest against Naveen Pattnaik.

Sagaria Launched a direct attack against his former Party alleging Congress Party didn’t  supported him in his fight against Dalit Atrocities

Notably Sagaria had resigned as MLA and from Congress Party few November 6 in protest of  injustice Kunduli Gangrape victim. Where victim committed suicide awaiting justice. The gang rape of the 15-year-old minor girl in Kunduli that took place on October 10, 2017, had triggered a statewide outrage.

Sagaria joined the BSP in presence of the party’s Odisha prabhari (in-charge) Dharamveer Singh at a function held near the Lower PMG Square in Bhubaneswar

Notably, Sagaria had successfully contested the 2014 assembly polls in the state as a Congress candidate and was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Koraput Vidhan Sabha constituency.

Kundali gangrape issue,Govt and administration suppressed the case and I was fighting for justice for victim, but congress didn’t supported me.Behen Mayawati is fighting for Bahujan Samaj and Constitution cause, We will unite the Dalits and fight for their cause. I resigned fromMLA protesting Naveen Pattnaik and if Mayawati ji wants I will contest against Naveen Pattnaik at his home turf said” Sagaria