Ahead of the panchayat elections, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) organised an amalgamation ceremony on Thursday in its party office at Jharsuguda Kali Mandir road.
More than 100 BJP and Congress members joined the BJD in the presence of Jharsuguda MLA and State Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kisore Das.
Minister Das welcomed every party member who joined BJD keeping trust on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. On the occasion, Das said that CM Patnaik has undertaken many welfare works for the people of the State. "We are confident of a spectacular victory in the panchayat polls which will be a further proof of the CM's ever growing popularity," Das told.
Anil Kumar Barik, Subal Luha, Tulamani Meher, Parameswar Bahan, Rajesh Pradhan, Prasanta Suna, Rohit Kumar Duruha, Upendra Bhoi, Piku Mishra, Kalakar Dhurua joined with more than hundreds different party workers.
Health Minister local representative Sushree Deepali
Das, candidate of Lakhanpur Zone 1 Sanat Singh, BJD senior party leaders Tapas Ray Chowdhury, Jagannath Jena , Rabiratna Pradhan and Kusasan Pradhan were present among others.
The party programme was coordinated by Sidharth Sarkar, Pintu Padhi, Asok Das and Subash Kedia.