Bhubaneswar, March 31: Former Chitrakonda MLA Dambaru Sisa who had quit the ruling BJD party recently, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Sisa joined the BJP along with his scores of supporters- Rahul Khemji, Prakash Pradhan, Santo Haldar, Deba Podiami Arjun Kirsani, Pradyumna Das and others at the state headquarters of the BJP here in Bhubaneswar.
The former MLA and other newly joined BJP leaders were welcomed into the saffron fold by BJP State Unit president Manmohan Samal, Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi, and MLA Suryavansi Suraj among other state leadership.
Sisa is a youth leader from the Bonda tribal community, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) and was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly in 2014 on a BJD ticket.
Sisa was also an aspirant for a BJD ticket for the 2024 General Elections. However, he was denied by the party.
Worth mentioning, Sisa resigned from the primary membership of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday out of discontent.
