Former Koraput Congress MLA Krishna Chandra Sagaria joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) at a function organised at Lower PMG here in the presence of senior party leaders, including BSP Odisha in-charge Dharamveer Singh.
Sagaria said he is ready to contest against Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik in the upcoming Assembly elections.
“If Behnji (BSP supremo Mayawati) allows, I am prepared to contest against Naveen Patnaik from any constituency he contests,” Sagaria said.
Dharamveer Singh said the party would field candidates in every constituency of Odisha. Mayawati would visit the State for poll campaigning, he added.
Sagaria had on November 6 last year resigned from the legislator post stating that he had no moral rights of holding the position after the Kunduli gangrape and suicide incident as he failed to provide justice to the Dalit girl. Later, he was expelled from the Congress on January 19 for indulging in anti-party activities.