Bhubaneswar, May 4 -- Supporters of Nimapara's BJD MLA Samir Dash spewed venom at the party's top leaders on Saturday for not reconsidering the decision to cancel the legislator's ticket for the Nimapara Assembly seat.

Showing solidarity with their leader Dash, his supporters held a meeting in Nimapara open-air auditorium from where they targeted the party's top leaders. The party's presidents of 46 panchayats, presidents of 11 wards of Nimapara NAC, presidents of 41 co-operative societies, 56 panchayat and NAC-level people's representatives and party workers went on to resign from the party. They handed their resignation letters addressed to the party's president over to Dash.

They also set a deadline of 24 hours for the party presiden...