Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the 2024 elections to Lok Sabha and Odisha State Assembly, former BJD leader and Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Kumar Panigrahi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here in Odisha on Wednesday.
Panigrahi, a former Minister and three-time BJD MLA, joined the saffron party at a “Misrana Parba ” programme at the party’s State headquarters in the presence of BJP Odisha unit president, Manmohan Samal and senior leaders.
Panigrahi joined the saffron party in the presence of Odisha BJP President Manmohan Samal and other senior leaders at the state party headquarters in Bhubaneswar. Earlier, Panigrahi had met Odisha BJP President Manmohan Samal on February 15 sparking speculations that he might join the saffron camp.
Panigrahi, once considered the blue-eyed boy of CM Naveen Patnaik, was expelled from the BJD in November 2020 for alleged anti-people activities. Since his expulsion, Panigrahi has been vocal against the BJD and its top leadership at regular intervals.Recently, Panigrahi stated that there will be a huge change across Odisha. Green wave will be converted to orange wave in the State in the near future, he had said.
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