Sambalpur, May 5: In a major jolt to the Deogarh BJD and Sambalpur Lok Sabha candidate Pranab Prakash Das,  many ruling party leaders joined the BJP today. 

The leaders joined the BJP in the presence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Deogarh is an assembly constituency under the Sambalpur Lok Sabha segment from which Pradhan and Das are in the poll fray now. 

The leaders who switched to the BJP today had joined the BJD today. They said they joined the saffron party after being inspired by the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sambalpur LS candidate Dharmendra Pradhan. 

Those who pledged all support to the BJP are Udit Nayak, Amulya Dharua, Santosh Kumar Majhi, Sasmita Bhoi and Sasmita Ekka. 

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