As many as 72 Congress leaders and workers including a dozen Councillors from the Banki Assembly constituency in Cuttack district joined the ruling BJD here on Monday.
“I am glad that many Congress workers, including Councillors have joined the BJD. They are from the Banki constituency.
I am sure that by their joining the party would be strengthened further,” said BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while welcoming the Congress members at his residence Naveen Niwas.
“We want to join our hands in the developmental activities of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who has done lot of developmental works for the State and its people,” said the newly BJD joined former Congress workers in their media reaction.
All of them joined the BJD in the presence of Banki MlA Pravat Tripathy.