Over a hundred of Congress leaders and workers of Panchayat level joined the BJD party under the leadership of former Angul block chairman Kailash Chandra Sahu and former Angul Zilla Parishad member Bharat Chandra Sahu at the BJD party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s residence here on Monday.
The Congress leaders joined the ruling party in the presence of Athmallik
MlA Sanjeeb Kumar Sahu.
The Chief Minister welcomed all the new members and sought their cooperation and involvement in various organizational works for the betterment of the common people.
MlA Sahu said addition of the new members in the BJD party would strengthen the organsational base of the party in the Athmallik constituency and bring more success in the upcoming tire-III Panchayat elections.