Forward of Lok Sabha Elections 2024, two Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MPs – Bhartruhari Mahtab and Sidhant Mohapatra – switched groups and joined the Bharatiya Janata Occasion on Thursday.
Mahtab, a six-time Cuttack MP, had just lately resigned from the BJD. He was representing the Cuttack Lok Sabha seat since 1998.
Together with Mahtab, MP Sidhant Mohapatra and Padma awardee Dr Damayanti Beshra additionally joined the BJP.
BJP nationwide basic secretary Vinod Tawde, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, BJP’s Odisha chief Manmohan Samal, and nationwide vice chairman Baijayant Panda have been current at their becoming a member of.
Quickly after becoming a member of the BJP, Mohapatra stated , “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s double engine authorities needs to be introduced in Odisha.”
Each Beshra and Mohapatra met BJP nationwide president JP Nadda in Delhi after becoming a member of the BJP.
Just lately, a number of BJD leaders have give up the get together for the BJP.
Amongst those that resigned have been an in depth relative of BJD organising secretary PP Das and widespread Odia actor Arindam Roy.
One other BJD senior tribal chief and former minister Balabhadra Majhi had joined the Congress after alleging that he was uncared for and sidelined from the get together for the final 5 years.
The BJP have been in talks with BJP over an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections, however it was not seen by.
Within the 2014, the BJD emerged because the dominant get together, securing 20 out of the 21 seats, whereas the BJP had gained a single seat.
And in 2019, the BJD bought the utmost variety of seats, adopted by the BJP and the Congress. The BJD gained 12 seats, the BJP completed an in depth second at 8 seats and the Congress bagged only a lone seat.
The Lok Sabha elections in Odisha are set to happen in 4 phases. The voting dates have been scheduled for Might 13, Might 20, Might 25, and June 1.
(With company inputs)
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Printed: 28 Mar 2024, 06:39 PM IST
