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Though the BJD won all nine assembly seats in Mayurbhanj in 2014, the party faced defeat in the 2017 panchayat elections with BJP emerging as the key challenger. “Since BJD is the no.1 party of Odisha and all set to win again, it is obvious that more and more people want to join our party. Dishari had fought 2014 elections from Lanjigarh assembly segment on a Congress ticket and secured around 42,000 votes. The decision will be taken by our party president,” said senior BJD leader Ramesh Majhi.On Wednesday, Ramkumar Soren, a youth BJP leader in Mayurbhanj joined BJD at Naveen Niwas in the presence party chief Naveen Patnaik. Party may deny ticket to existing Saraskana MLA Bhadav Hansdah.Going by winnability criteria, it has inducted Pradip Kumar Dishari in the party..