Denied the ticket for the Kandhamal Lok sabha, sitting BJD MP Pratyusha Rajeswari Singh of Nayagarh has today joined the Bharatiya Janata Party . Pratyusha was the BJD Mp for Kandhamal had urged the BJD chief to renominate her for the same seat or field her as an MLA for Nayagarh. However, today she joined the BJP and is hopeful that the BJP may give her the MP ticket for Kandhamal.