Eminent personalities of Chhatrapur Assembly constituency including senior lawyer Parama Mishra, Podapadar GP leader D Simanchal, D Karleya, D Surinarayan Achari and D Simhadri along with local leaders with hundreds of their supporters joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in a special function held at Chhatrapur on Sunday.
Former Assemly Deputy Speaker and Advisor of Odisha Agri Marketing Board Rama Chandra Panda, Chatrapur MLA Subash Chandra Behera, Chatrapur Block Chairman Dhanajaya Reddy, Zilla Parishad member Kishore Reddy and several other leaders attended the merger function and welcomed the leaders into the party fold.