Koraput : Former MLA of Kotpad constituency and senior Congress leader , Chandrasekhar Majhi of Koraput district has joined BJD on Wednesday.
Notably, Majhi resigned from Congress on Tuesday. The former MLA said that he resigned from Congress due to personal reasons.
Majhi joined the ruling party of Odisha, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in a ceremony in Bhubaneswar in the morning today. (i.e. Wednesday, September 15)
The special event held in Bhubaneswar, saw the presence of several senior BJD leaders such as Pratap Deb, Pranab Prakash Das, Subash Singh, Ramesh Majhi and Rabi Nanda.
It is worth mentioning that in the 2014 general election, Majhi had won the assembly seat from Congress party.
However, in the 2019 general elections he lost to the BJD leader and Minister Padmini Dian.
