Rajya Sabha member from Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Sujit Kumar, has resigned from the Upper House of the Parliament today. His resignation has been accepted by Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankar. After the resignation, Sujit Kumar joined the BJP at the party headquarters in Delhi in the presence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other senior party leaders. Meanwhile, BJD President Naveen Patnaik has expelled Sujit Kumar from the party for ‘anti-party’ activities. This marks the second instance of a BJD MP resigning from the Rajya Sabha. Earlier, Mamata Mohanta of BJD had resigned from the Rajya Sabha and got re-elected to the Upper House on a BJP ticket in the just concluded by-elections.