State BJD student vice president resigns from BJD party and joins BJP.

Jajpur.09/02(PPT): These days, one leader after another is leaving BJD. In this sequence, former district student BJD president of Jajpur district and current state student BJD senior vice president Soumya Prakash has resigned from Biju Janata Dal on Monday. He wrote a letter of his resignation to party president Naveen Patnaik. After this, he joined BJP in the presence of MLA Himanshu Shekhar Sahu at the Dharmashala BJP office. A day after a former MP quit BJD and formed a separate platform, nearly 70 pancahyati raj institution-level leaders in Jajpur district joined the BJP in the presence of its state president Manmohan Samal. The Dharmasala unit of the opposition BJD has received a major jolt as most of the party’s grassroot level members changed their political affiliations. Dharmasala block, once considered a BJD bastion, has set a new trend in the district by staging a coup against Pranab Balabantray alias Jitu, a key BJD face. Exodus of such a large number of BJD workers to the saffron fold is an indication of diminishing power of the BJD in the Dharmasala constituency. MLA Hiamnshu assured the defectors that what Naveen Patnaik-led BJD could not give them in 24 years, the saffron party will provide them to the people. He also said to the gathering that he had come to express thanks to the people of Dharmasala. Among others Ex Mp Rita tarei,Bjp Leader Goutam ray,Bjp district president Debajani pradhan &others were present.