Senior CPI(M) leader of Cuttack Subash Singh and three other political leaders joined the BJD in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Naveen Nivas here on Saturday. They joined the BJD with their supporters. Patnaik said the four leaders’ entry into the BJD would strengthen the ruling party’s bases in their respective districts.
“I am very glad that these senior leaders have joined our party. This will be a great asset to the BJD,” Patnaik said. On this occasion, BJD MlAs Pratap Jena, Debashis Samantray, Pravat Biswal and Pravat Tripathy and Minister Kalpataru Das were present.