Six-time Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab joins BJP days after quitting BJD

New Delhi: In a big setback to the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on the eve of the Lok Sabha elections, its founding member and six-time Cuttack Lok Sabha MP Bhartruhari Mahtab joined the BJP in New Delhi Thursday.

Mahtab, 67, joined the BJP in the presence of senior leaders at the party headquarters here.

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Mahtab retained the Cuttack Lok Sabha seat, defeating the BJP’s Prakash Mishra with a huge margin of votes in 2019 Lok Sabha polls. He had contested the parliamentary elections on BJD ticket.

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