Several members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday joined the BJP in the presence of BJP State president KV Singh Deo and senior leader Biswabhushan Harichandan at the party office here.
AAP founder-member Sudhir Kumar Mansingh, Durgacharan Das, Ramachandra Das, Sarat Kumar Harichandan, T Balaji Patra, R Jagannath Das, Tanmay Das, lalit Swain, entrepreneur Mithun Swain and former ITBP Additional Director Dr Rajendra Samantaray joined the BJP along with their supporters.
Mansingh said that more AAP members, who are inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, would also join the BJP in future. “Due to the autocratic attitude of the AAP’s Central leadership and ideological crisis in State leadership, we joined the BJP,” said Mansingh.
Among others, BJP general secretary (organisation) Prasanna Mishra, party State vice-president Pruthviraj Harichandan, spokesperson Samir Mohanty and Khordha district president Sudipta Ray welcomed the new members to the party.