Baripada: General Secretary of Odisha BJP ST Morcha Dr Priyabrata Majhi joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) at Kalabadia in Bangiriposhi of Mayurbhanj district on Thursday.
He along with Gangadhar Hembram, former Congress Khunta Block President, embraced the Conch party in presence of BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Referring to Special Development Councils set up by the Naveen Patnaik government, the former Indian Youth Congress said that only the BJD had been working for the real development of Tribals in Odisha.
He had contested the 2014 polls from Baripada Assembly segment as a Congress nominee.
