New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician and Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty today joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly polls.
Shri Mohanty was formally inducted into the saffron party fold in presence of several leaders at the party office in New Delhi. He joined the BJP days after quitting the ruling party in Odisha, saying he was feeling “suffocated’ there.
After joining the BJP, the MP praised the Narendra Modi Government, saying he was proud to witness the passage of several historic measures in Parliament, including the abolition of triple talaq and the introduction of new criminal laws in the last five years.
For a developed India, people should support Modi, the Kendrapara MP said Bold steps have been taken by the government, he said and lauded Prime Minister Modi as a statesman.
“There is nothing greater than our country. Hence, we all should work unitedly towards the development of the country,” he added.
Welcoming him to the BJP, its National General Secretary Vinod Tawde said the Opposition is trying to project its strength by coming together but is not succeeding. Those interested in a developed India are supporting the ruling party, Tawde added.
He is the second sitting BJD MP after Bhartruhari Mahtab to quit the regional party ahead of the 2024 general elections and join the BJP. Mohanty was a Rajya Sabha member before being elected to the Lok Sabha from Kendrapara in 2019.
Moreover, Shri Mohanty is the fourth cinestar, who left BJD and joined the saffron camp. Apart from Anubhav, actor and former Korei MLA Akash Das Nayak, two-time Berhampur MP Sidhant Mohapatra and Arindam Roy have joined the BJP after resigning from the ruling party.
Whether the film actors will be able to win the elections without the BJD support will be known in this poll as all the actors are very likely to contest in the ensuing polls. Whatever the poll result might be, but, the BJP is all set to gain mileage if it will utilize them properly in campaigning because the cinestars are considered as crowd pulling personalities, feel political observers.