Many Congress, BJD and Communist leaders from Niali, Kantapada and Barang blocks of Cuttack district joined the BJP on Monday.
The Congress’ MlA candidate for Niali in 2014 general elections Chhabi Mallick and his supporters from the three blocks came on a big procession and joined the saffron party here.
Similarly, many BJD leaders from Kantapada block’s Uttaran gram panchayat joined the party.
Besides, Odisha Basti Mahasangha and Odisha Construction Workers’s Unity Association’s president Anjan Nath and slum leaders like Pushpalata Nath, Kailash Moharana, Kabindra Behera, Sarathi Pradhan, Pradipta Mohanty and Sanjib Mohanty joined the party. BJP State president Basant Panda, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and former Minister Sameer Dey welcomed the leaders at the party head office here.