Lok Sabha elections highlights: Former BJD leader Jay Panda joins BJP

Narendra Modi has thrown his full weight behind BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. While he will address people of Gujarat, ECI will be in Jammu and Kashmir. Catch LIVE updates on election campaigns

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Former BJD leader Jay Panda joins BJP ahead of polls

Former BJD lawmaker Baijyant 'Jay' Panda joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday, giving a boost to the party in Odisha where it is looking to improve its tally in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

 

The Assembly poll in the state is likely to be held along with the parliamentary elections, and the party hopes that the presence of Panda will brighten its prospects, especially in coastal Odisha.

 

Panda met BJP chief Amit Shah and joined the party at its office in the national capital.

 

Panda, who owns an influential media empire in the state, had been a leading parliamentarian of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal before he fell out with its leadership.

Amid his perceived proximity with the BJP, the BJD suspended him last year for "anti-party" activities.

 

He then resigned from the BJD and also the Lok Sabha, where he represented Kendrapara constituency twice. He has also represented the state in the Rajya Sabha.

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Former Biju Janata Dal MP Baijayant Jay Panda joins BJP

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Today, at a press conference, IAF chief Birender Singh Dhanoa said that IAF is not in a position to clarify the number of casualties.

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