In a significant political development former Congress Chief minister Hemananda Biswals daughter Sunita Biswal joined the Biju Janata Dal(BJD) today. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik inducted her into the party fold when Sunita along with former Congress MLA Naba kishore Das and their supporters met the chief minister and BJD supremo at Naveen Nivas. Patnaik said the joining of Sunita who was the working president of Congress party for Sundargarh district, will strengthen the party.
Das had also in January last resigned from the Congress and joined the BJD on January 24 last, a day prior to the visit of Congress President Rahul Gandhi to Odisha. Sources said, the former chief minister’s daughter joined the BJD after AICC general secretary and party in charge for Odisha had stated that the party will stick to one family one ticket norm during the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state. Incidentally, Both Biswal and his daughter were aspirant for Congress ticket to contest the elections and political observers said the one family one ticket norm of the Congress forced Sunita to quit the Congress and joined the BJD. When contacted the former Congress chief minister said his daughter is not a child to consult him she is quite competent to take a decision on her political carrier. Biswal, who is the chairman of the Congress Disciplinary committee in the state, said he would campaign for the Congress in the elections and his daughter since joined the BJD will work for the party. (UNI)
Former Congress CM Hemananda Biswal’s daughter joins BJD
