Bhubaneswar, Mar 27: Ahead of the Odisha Assembly elections, senior Congress leader and Jatni MLA Suresh Routray’s son Manmath Routray today joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
Along with his supporters and some councilors, Manmath took out a rally and reached BJD headquarters where he was formally inducted into the party in the presence of its senior leaders.
Both my father Sura Routray and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik have the same ideology and they want to serve the people of Odisha, said Manmath after joining the conch party.
It is worth mentioning that Manmath had made his intention clear in 2023 to contest the 2024 polls.
He had made clear that he won’t contest the polls on a Congress ticket even though his father has been in the grand old party for decades now.
