Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha today demanded resignation of Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan after his name was linked to the main accused in Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh.

"We demand Pradhan's resignation if the statement of Vyapam scam main accused Sudhir Sharma's IT returns for 2013 comes true," BJD spokesman P K Deb told reporters here.