BJD Mayurbhanj district general secretary Kashinath Hembram and Ho tribes' leader Jayapal Singh Nayak along with their many supporters joined the BJP here on Saturday.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and BJP legislature Party leader KV Singh Deo, BJP State president Basant Panda welcomed the leaders at the party's State office.
Panda hoped that the party would be strengthened with the joining of two new leaders.
"We, inspired by party ideology and principles of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, joined the BJP," said Hembram and Nayak.
State vice-president Rajkishore Das, general secretary Bhrugu Buxipatra and Anat Nayak, former MlA Kandra Soren, Mayurbhanj (Rairangpur) president Nabin Ram and Baripada district president Krushna Chandra Mohapatra were present, among others.