Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily - OrissaPOST
  • Home
  • Trending
  • State
  • Metro
  • National
  • International
  • Business
  • Feature
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • More..
    • Odisha Special
    • Editorial
    • Opinion
    • Careers
    • Sci-Tech
    • Timeout
    • Horoscope
    • Today’s Pic
  • Video
  • Epaper
  • News in Odia
  • Home
  • Trending
  • State
  • Metro
  • National
  • International
  • Business
  • Feature
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • More..
    • Odisha Special
    • Editorial
    • Opinion
    • Careers
    • Sci-Tech
    • Timeout
    • Horoscope
    • Today’s Pic
  • Video
  • Epaper
  • News in Odia
No Result
View All Result
OrissaPOST - Odisha Latest news, English Daily -
No Result
View All Result

Two senior BJP leaders join BJD ahead of polls

PTI
Updated: April 3rd, 2024, 14:06 IST
in Metro, Top Stories
0
Bhrugu Baxipatra

File Photo

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppShare on Linkedin

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP vice-president Bhrugu Baxipatra and saffron party’s Cuttack district president Prakash Behera Wednesday joined the ruling BJD ahead of the Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly polls.

While Baxipatra had resigned from the saffron party earlier during the day, Behera quit the BJP March 29.

Also Read

Odisha: Cyber crime unit identifies 23 fake hotel websites, blocks 15

41 mins ago
Jagannath Pradhan

BJP’s Jagannath Pradhan breaks silence on BMC officer assault

2 hours ago

Speculations are rife that the BJD will nominate Baxipatra for Berhampur Lok Sabha seat and Behera for Salepur, where they were unsuccessful as BJP candidates in 2019.

Baxipatra, who officially joined the BJD at the party’s headquarters, Sankha Bhawan, was welcomed by BJD’s Berhampur MP Chandrasekhar Sahu.

Baxipatra decided to leave the BJP after the party nominated MLA Pradeep Panigrahy, who had been expelled by the BJD, for the Berhampur seat.

Meanwhile, BJD appointed Sahu, the incumbent MP, as its vice-president and chairman of the manifesto committee.

The party has not yet announced the names of other members of the committee that will be responsible for preparing the manifesto for the simultaneous elections to the 147-member Assembly and the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

Sahu’s appointment is being seen as a move to accommodate him in case Baxipatra gets nominated from Berhampur seat.

The BJD has so far announced candidates for 15 of the state’s 21 Lok Sabha seats. Besides Berhampur, the other seats are Bolangir, Bargarh, Keonjhar, Bhadrak and Balasore.

In the last Lok Sabha polls, Baxipatra had secured 3.49 lakh votes but lost to Sahu by a margin of around 94,000.

Former Salepur MLA Prakash Behera has also joined the BJD. He was formally inducted into the regional party in the presence of senior BJD leader Manas Mangaraj.

Behera, who previously won the Salepur seat in 2014 on a Congress ticket, joined the BJP ahead of the 2019 elections and contested again from the same constituency.

However, he was defeated by BJD’s Prashant Behera in the election.

In a related development, Rohit Joseph Tirkey, son of prominent tribal tribal leader George Tirkey, also joined the BJD. He had unsuccessfully contested the 2019 elections from Biramitrapur Assembly constituency in Sundergarh district on a Congress ticket.

The BJD, which has announced MLA candidates for 72 seats, is yet to pick it nominees for Biramitrapur and Salepur. Rohit’s father is a four-time Biramitrapur MLA and he was with the BJD from 2002 to 2006.

George had previously won twice from Birmitrapur, first in 1995 and then in 2000, on a JMM ticket.

After resigning from the BJD, he secured victory from Birmitrapur in 2009 as an Independent candidate. Subsequently, he founded his own political party, Samta Kranti Dal, in 2014, and successfully won from Birmitrapur for the fourth time. He briefly rejoined the JMM before eventually joining the Congress party in 2018.

Both father and son were defeated from Sundargarh Lok Sabha seat and Birmitrapur Assembly segment in 2019.

PTI

Tags: Bhrugu BaxipatraBJDBJPOdisha
ShareTweetSendShare
Suggest A Correction

Enter your email to get our daily news in your inbox.

 

OrissaPOST epaper Sunday POST OrissaPOST epaper

Click Here: Plastic Free Odisha

#MyPaperBagChallenge

Spinoj Pattnaik

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Swarit Praharaj

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Pratyasharani Ghibela

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Faiza Firdous

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Parbati Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Subhajyoti Mohanty

December 12, 2019
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Dibya Ranjan Das

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Archana Parida

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Matrumangal Jena

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Tapaswini Mallick

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Kamana Singh

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Akriti Negi

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Adyasha Priyadarsani Sendha

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Manas Samanta

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Pratik Kumar Ghibela

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Amritansh Mishra

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Sarfraz Ahmad

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Pratik Kumar

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Nishikant Rout

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Lopali Pattnaik

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Diptiranjan Biswal

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Sarmistha Nayak

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Sisirkumar Maharana

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Rajashree Pravati Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Rajashree Manasa Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Mrutyunjaya Behera

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Saishree Satyarupa

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Arya Ayushman

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Adrita Bhattacharya

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Priyasha Pradhan

December 12, 2019

Archives

Editorial

New Democratic Face

Zohran Mamdani
July 1, 2025

US President Donald Trump, who had comfortably defeated his Democratic rival Kamala Harris in the recent presidential election and exuded...

Read more

Proof To Vote

Vote
June 30, 2025

Months ahead of the Assembly polls in Bihar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on 28 June launched a ‘special...

Read more

Genesis of Jana Sangh

AAKAR PATEL
June 29, 2025

We marked the 50th anniversary of the Emergency a few days ago. Another anniversary, this time the 75th, went relatively...

Read more

Double-engine PMO

June 28, 2025

Since February, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has been operating for the first time with two full principal secretaries, P.K....

Read more
  • Home
  • State
  • Metro
  • National
  • International
  • Business
  • Editorial
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
Developed By Ratna Technology

© 2024 All rights Reserved by OrissaPOST

  • News in Odia
  • Orissa POST Epaper
  • Video
  • Home
  • Trending
  • Metro
  • State
  • Odisha Special
  • National
  • International
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Horoscope
  • Careers
  • Feature
  • Today’s Pic
  • Opinion
  • Sci-Tech
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs

© 2024 All rights Reserved by OrissaPOST

    • News in Odia
    • Orissa POST Epaper
    • Video
    • Home
    • Trending
    • Metro
    • State
    • Odisha Special
    • National
    • International
    • Sports
    • Business
    • Editorial
    • Entertainment
    • Horoscope
    • Careers
    • Feature
    • Today’s Pic
    • Opinion
    • Sci-Tech
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Jobs

    © 2024 All rights Reserved by OrissaPOST