Bhubaneswar/Baripada: 23/4/17: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to draw a road map to consolidate tribal votes in Mayurbhanj district, at the two-day State Executive beginning from 23rd,April to 24th,April.
The saffron party’s decision to hold the meet in Mayurbhanj is being seen as an attempt to further strengthen the organisation at the grassroots level after it won 48 of the 56 Zilla Parishad (ZP) seats in the district in panchayat polls. Notably in 2012, the party had won only one seat, while the ruling BJD got 40, followed by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) 10 and Congress 2. Three seats were won by independent candidates.Party sources said, the meet will be attended by Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Jual Oram, party’s Odisha in-charge Arun Singh, National Joint General Secretary (Organization) Saudan Singh among others.