Former Congress MLA Chiranjib Biswal, Nilagiri MLA Sukanta Nayak Join BJD

Bhubaneswar: Two-time Jagatsinghpur MLA Chiranjib Biswal and Nilagiri MLA Sukanta Nayak joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) with a few weeks left for the assembly elections in Odisha.

A day after resigning from the Congress, Biswal along with his supporters today joined the BJD in the presence of senior party leaders Manas Mangaraj, Sasmit Patra, Priyabrata Majhi and others at a special program held at Sankha Bhavan in Bhubaneswar.

Chiranjib, son of Senior Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Basanta Biswal, was elected to the Odisha Assembly from Tirtol in 2004 and from Jagatsinghpur Constituency in 2014.

A few hours later, the sitting BJP MLA from Nilagiri, Sukanta Nayak also joined the conch party along with his followers, in the presence of senior leader and Balasore Observer Pratap Deb, Sasmit Patra and others at Sankha Bhawan.

Earlier, Sukanta Nayak was a member of the Biju Janata Dal. He had won as a Biju Janata Dal MLA from Nilagiri in 2014 but later joined the BJP in 2019. However, he resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party two days ago and again made a comeback to BJD.