Former Orissa legislator quits BJP

BHUBANESWAR: Uma Ballav Rath, a former legislator from Orissa's temple town Puri,

Thursday resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying he wants

to launch an apolitical campaign."He submitted his resignation

citing that he wants to devote more time for a movement he has been

spearheading," Jual Oram, state unit chief of the BJP, told IANS.Rath was a member of the state assembly from 1991 to 1995.