"Taking note of the complaints of indiscipline and anti-party activities, the Congress President has approved the expulsion of Suresh Kumar Routray from the party for six years with immediate effect," Congress general secretary K Venugopal said in a statement.
The disciplinary committee of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee had already issued a show cause notice against the outspoken leader after he was recently seen campaigning for his younger son Manmath Routray, who is the Biju Janata Dal candidate for the Bhubaneswar parliamentary constituency. Was seen to happen.
Current Jatani MLA Routray has also announced not to contest future elections.
The senior leader was elected to the Odisha State Assembly for the first time from Jatan constituency in 1977 on the then Janata Dal party ticket.
He later won the same assembly seat five times on Congress ticket from 1980 to 2019 elections.
During his long political career, Routray held various portfolios such as Sports and Youth Services and Excise Department.
The disciplinary committee of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee had already issued a show cause notice against the outspoken leader after he was recently seen campaigning for his younger son Manmath Routray, who is the Biju Janata Dal candidate for the Bhubaneswar parliamentary constituency. Was seen to happen.
Current Jatani MLA Routray has also announced not to contest future elections.
The senior leader was elected to the Odisha State Assembly for the first time from Jatan constituency in 1977 on the then Janata Dal party ticket.
He later won the same assembly seat five times on Congress ticket from 1980 to 2019 elections.
During his long political career, Routray held various portfolios such as Sports and Youth Services and Excise Department.
