Many leaders and workers belonging to the Ama Odisha Party (AOP) and the BJD came from Cuttack under leadership of Mohammed Moquim and joined the Congress here on Saturday.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik welcomed the new comes to the party and said their joining would strengthen the Congress further.
AOP State youth wing working president Wallid Patel and his supporters Bibhuti Bhushan Jena, Braja Kishore Sahoo, Antaryami Pradhan, Habib Khan, Minati Das, laxmipriya Hathi, Anita Moharana, Seigh Naim joined the Congress. Similarly, BJD member and former Corporaator Bharati Das, BJD Cuttack student wing secretary Rahul Kumar Nayak and Bhubaneswar Tax Bar Associaon vice-president Prashant Satpathy along with their supporters joined the Congress.