Odisha BJP Ahead In Attracting Faces From Rival Camps

The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) in Odisha appears to be properly forward of its rivals in wooing away distinguished faces from the rival Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Congress camps.

The saffron get together has to date attracted over a dozen distinguished leaders from the BJD and Congress. The distinguished faces embrace sitting and former MLAs and Lok Sabha members.

Two sitting BJD MLAs – Bhartuhari Mahtab (Cuttack) and Anubhav Mohanty (Kendrapara) and one former MP – Siddhant Mohapatra (Berhampur) — not too long ago joined the BJP.

Bhartruhari has been ticket to contest from Cuttack Lok Sabha seat whereas Siddhant has been fielded from Digapahandi meeting constituency. Anubhav is prone to be fielded for an meeting seat in Cuttack district.

Odisha will go to simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha in 4 phases: Might 13, May20, Might 25 and June 1.

The BJD leaders who’ve so for joined the BJP embrace, Anubhav Mohanty, Arabinda Dhali, Akash Das Nayak, Balabhadra Majhi, Bhartruhari Mahatab, Dambaru Sisha, Debashis Nayak, Mukund Sodi, Pradip Panigrahi, Prashant Jagdeb, Rajendra Das, Premananda Nayak, Priyadarshi Mishra and Sidhant Mohapatra.

Ramachandra Panda, former Deputy Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Meeting, can be prone to be part of the saffron get together.

Two former Congress legislators – Naren Palei of Bhadrak and Nabin Chandra Narayan Das – have additionally joined the BJP.

However, the BJD has managed to woo former and sitting lawmakers like Adhiraj Panigrahi (Congress), Surendra Singh Bhoi (Congress), Sukanta Panigrahi (BJP), Prakash Behera (BJP) and Chiranjib Biswal (Congress). One or two former Congress legislators are prone to be part of the get together. Among the names that are doing the rounds embrace Kantabanji MLA Santosh Singh Saluja (Congress) and BJP chief Raghunath Mohanty.

Raghunath Mohanty, a former minister, was a BJD stalwart earlier than becoming a member of the BJP a number of years in the past.

In line with political analysts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “good governance” and Odisha state BJP unit’s aggressive posturing in opposition to “corruption” and “nepotism” within the ruling BJD dispensation helps it entice younger voters. Moreover, the Union authorities’s particular help and improve in allocation of funds for numerous Central and central-sponsored programmes are additionally accounting for the get together garnering assist of the widespread folks.