Bhubaneswar, Apr 7 (IANS): Senior Congress chief and former Odisha minister Ganeswar Behera on Sunday joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) throughout a programme on the occasion headquarters right here.
The Congress chief from Kendrapara district had tendered his resignation on April 2.
Behera held totally different ministerial portfolios in the course of the Congress-led authorities within the state.
He additionally represented Patamundai Meeting constituency in Kendrapara district twice, in 1985 and 1995.
Behera, alongside together with his supporters, joined the BJD within the presence of senior occasion leaders on Sunday.
“Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik believes within the growth of Odisha and he has been launching totally different growth programmes constantly, one after one other, for the welfare of all, regardless of caste, creed, faith and color. Influenced by his work, I’ve determined to hitch BJD to supply my contribution in the direction of the event of Odisha and expedite the event of Kendrapara,” Behera stated.
He thanked CM Patnaik, 5T chairman VK Pandian and occasion common secretary Pranab Prakash Das for allowing him to hitch BJD.
He additionally heaped praises on CM Patnaik by calling him because the ‘Bikash Purush’.
In the meantime, disgruntled Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) chief and occasion vice chairman, Lekhasri Samantsinghar additionally joined the ruling BJD only a few hours after resigning from the first membership of the BJP on Sunday.
“I’ve given my sweat and blood to the BJP for the reason that final ten years. Nonetheless, regardless of all of the sincerity and laborious work, I couldn’t earn the belief of the management,” wrote Samantsinghar in her resignation letter to Odisha unit BJP president, Manmohan Samal.
Sources claimed that Samantsinghar was sad with the occasion for being denied a ticket to contest elections. Hypothesis additionally steered that she was prepared to contest from the Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat.
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