By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The BJD welcomed three ex-MLAs Chiranjib Biswal, Ex MLA Sukanta Nayak, and Ex MLA Brundaban Majhi into party fold on Sunday.
After resigning from BJP, Nilagiri MLA Sukanta Nayak today formally joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) at Sankha Bhawan. Nayak along with his supporters re-joined the BJD in presence of senior BJD leader Pratap Keshari Deo and Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra.
It was like home coming for Shri Nayak. The two-time MLA returned to the ruling party with thousands of supporters. Biswal represented Tirtol constituency in the Odisha Legislative Assembly in 2004 and later won from Jagatsinghpur in 2014 on Congress ticket. Biswal also served as Working President of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee
Former Kuchinda MLA Brundaban Majhi also returned to the BJD. Majhi had won from Kuchinda on a Janata Dal ticket in 1990. He then contested the 2004 Assembly elections from Laikera Assembly constituency as a BJP candidate and defeated his rival Congress candidate and former chief minister Hemananda Biswal.
