Former Chief Minister and Congress leader Giridhar Gamang and his son Shishir Gamang along with some of their supporters formally joined the BJP at the party’s State headquarters here on Thursday.
The father-son duo and their supporters gave missed calls to toll-free number 18002662020 and became primary members of the BJP in the presence of party organisational secretary Ramlal, two Central Ministers Jual Oram and Dharmendra Pradhan, party State president KV Singh Deo and other senior leaders.
The State BJP after its massive membership drive is all out to take forward its ‘Mahasampark Abhiyan’. The party will make attempts to reach out to each and everyone who have registered for the party’s membership in the State.
That apart, the party will plan agitations against the failures of the BJD Government while making people aware on the successes/ achievements of the one-year-old Modi Government at the Centre.
Besides senior Gamang and his son, Nagraj Dora and Rabindra Mohapatra also joined the BJP.
later, a meeting was held to prepare a roadmap to take forward its Mahasampark Abhiyan and popular agitations against the BJD Government. All candidates of the party who had contested in the 2014 general elections to both lok Sabha and Assembly and State functionaries were present.