Major setback for Biju Janata Dal;BJD leader Amar Patnaik joins BJP in Odisha
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Bhubaneswar, 03/11/25: yet another setback for the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ahead of the Nuapada Assembly bypoll, senior leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Amar Patnaik joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bhubaneswar on Monday.
Patnaik was formally inducted into the BJP at a programme held at the party’s state headquarters.
former Odisha Accountant General (AG), Dr. Patnaik served as a Rajya Sabha MP from 2019 to 2024, representing the BJD. He had joined the BJD on August 29, 2018, and was later appointed as the head of the party’s IT Cel
