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A day after a former Odisha MP and an ex-minister quit BJD and formed a separate platform, nearly 70 pancahyati raj institution-level leaders in Jajpur district on Wednesday joined the BJP in the presence of its state president Manmohan Samal.
The Dharmasala unit of the opposition BJD has received a major jolt as most of the party's grassroot level members changed their political affiliations.
These Sarpanches and Panchayat Samiti members are among those who switched allegiance from the BJD to the saffron party in connection with the no-trust motion against the Dharmasala block BJD chairperson Pravat Kumar Balabantray.
Balabant...