Pitroda resigns as Odisha government s technical advisor

Bhubaneswar June 7 (IANS) Technocrat Sam Pitroda on Wednesday resigned as technical advisor to the Odisha Government an official said.

Pitroda tendered his resignation earlier on Wednesday and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik accepted his resignation said a functionary of the Chief Minister s Office (CMO).

The resignation came after Pitroda appointed as Chairman of the Congress Overseas Department.

Pitroda who was born in Titilagarh in Odisha was given the post carrying the rank of a Cabinet Minister to help provide the essential technological blueprint to write the IT story of Odisha.

Earlier the BJP had demanded removal of Pitroda from the post alleging there was a nexus between Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Congress President Sonia Gandhi through him.

--IANS
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