KalingaTV News Network
Bargarh: Former district President of BJP Narayan Sahu officially joined the state ruling BJD at a special function here on Sunday ahead of the Bijepur by-poll.
Sahu joined BJD along with hundreds of his supporters in the presence of many BJD heavyweight including Prasanna Acharya, Sushant Singh, Niranjan Pujari and Snehangini Chhuria.
Expressing his displeasure over party affairs in the district, Sahu had resigned from the saffron party on November 21 and met BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressing his willingness to join BJD. He had earlier on October 3 had offered his resignation a day after former Bijepur MLA and BJD leader Ashok Panigrahi joined BJP. However, senior BJP leaders managed to convince him to withdraw his resignation.
Panigrahi had quit BJD after the ruling party named MLA Subal Sahu’s widow Rita Sahu as the candidate for the upcoming Bijepur by-poll.
On the other hand, BJD’s Bijepur block president Radheshyam Mohapatra resigned from the post yesterday.
Ms Kalinga