Former Congress MP Pradeep Majhi joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) at a programme held here on Saturday. The former Lok Sabha member from Nabarangpur was officially inducted into the BJD at the event.
Along with hundreds of his supporters, Majhi joined the BJD in the presence of the party’s general secretary (organisation) and Jajpur MLA Pranab Prakash Das and Nabarangpur MP Ramesh Majhi.
Majhi’s induction into the BJD is expected to strengthen the party at grassroots level in Nabarangpur district ahead of the panchayat elections in the State. Majhi had resigned from the Congress on October 22 citing, “The party lacks enthusiasm to serve people and has lost its credibility.”
Majhi had held various key posts in the Congress, which had nominated him as the Lok Sabha candidate to fight the elections from Nabarangpur in 2009.
He won the polls with a margin of over 30,000 votes defeating his BJD rival Damburu Majhi.
Jeypore Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, however, said Majhi’s joining the BJD would have no adverse impact on the Congress in the undivided Koraput district.