Bhubaneswar, Feb 16: Former Congress MLA Anshuman Mohanty joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday.
Mohanty along with his supporters joined the ruling party in the presence of senior party leaders including organisational secretary Pranab Prakash Das, MP Manas Mangaraj, MLA Pratap Jena, and others at the BJD headquarters here.
Mohanty had resigned from the Congress party two days ago.
He is the son of former minister Nalini Kanta Mohanty. He was elected to Odisha Assembly from Rajnagar constituency in Kendrapara in 2014.