By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Former CM Giridhar Gamang, son Sishir Gamang, ex-MP Jayaram Pangi and few ex-MLAs like Rabi Nanda, Ex MP Ramachandra Hansda, EX MLA Rath Das, Ex MLA Arjun Das , Ex MLA Raghav Sethy, Ex MLA Brudaban Majhi, Ex MLA Devraj Sethi, Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) leader Akshay Kumar joined BRS on Friday.
They joined BRS in the presence of Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao at Hyderabad.
Earlier in the day, Gamang, his wife Hemabati and 18 leaders from Odisha boarded a chartered flight for Hyderabad.
According to sources, around 300 people from Odisha have left for Hyderabad to join BRS.
Giridhar and his son had resigned from the primary membership of the BJP on Wednesday citing negligence in the party. They had joined the saffron party in 2015 after quitting Congress.