Dilip Tirkey made new BJD parliamentary party leader after Kalpataru Das resigns

New Delhi, Sept.12 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Dilip Tirkey has been appointed as parliamentary party leader in the Rajya Sabha after former Odisha minister Kalpataru Das resigned from that position. His resignation has been accepted by BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. In his resignation letter to Patnaik, Das alleged that he was being targeted by certain individuals for the last one month. Das has been in the eye of a storm over the acquisition of multiple plots and houses under the discretionary quota as also for accumulating several properties by his family members. (ANI)