Bhubaneswar: The headquarters of Odisha BJP Wednesday witnessed hectic political activity, as a large number of ruling BJD leaders, including three sitting MLAs, joined the saffron party ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections.
Out of the four sitting BJD MLAs who have so far resigned from the regional party to protest against denial of tickets, three joined the BJP.
The sitting BJD MLAs who joined in the BJP are namely Debraj Mohanty, Purna Chandra Nayak and Sukant Kumar Nayak.
All of them were denied party tickets for the upcoming assembly elections in the state. However, Gunupur MLA Trinath Gomango, who resigned from the BJD, has not made any such move so far.
Earlier, BJD’s expelled Paradip MLA Damodar Rout had joined the BJP. Similarly, three former BJD MLAs — Niranjan Pradhan, Kashinath Mallick and K. Narayan Rao also joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday.
