Cong leader Madhabananda Mallick joins BJP in Odisha
Basudevpur: In yet another blow to Congress ahead of assembly polls, its senior leader Madhabananda Mallick joined the BJP during a programme here today.
Mallick along with his supporters from Congress in Basudevpur joined the saffron party in presence of Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at ‘Mishrana Parva’ of the party.
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Mallick was considered to be a strong candidate from Congress during previous elections against BJD in Basudevpur assembly constituency.
In 2009, he had contested the assembly polls against BJD’s Bijayshree Routray, who defeated him by a margin of 6,840 votes.
He lost the assembly elections in 2014 to Routray with only 6,506 votes.
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