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Odisha: Prakash Mishra, Former Director-General Of CRPF, Joins BJP, To Fight Poll From Cuttack Lok Sabha Seat
Swarajya Staff
Mar 25, 2019, 02:27 PM | Updated 02:27 PM IST
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Former Director General (DG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and ex-police chief of Odisha Prakash Mishra on Sunday (24 March) joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at the party’s state headquarters in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
Odisha: Former Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra joined BJP in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, at party headquarter in Bhubaneswar, today. pic.twitter.com/g0ZL87bfZ0
— ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2019
The BJP has announced Mishra, who headed the Odisha police from 2012 to 2014, as its candidate from the Cuttack Lok Sabha seat of the state.
The Central Election Committee of the @BJP4India has decided the following names for the ensuing General Elections to the Parliamentary Constituency and Legislative Assembly Constituency of Odisha. pic.twitter.com/RhI7zbaXY9
— BJP Odisha (@BJP4Odisha) March 25, 2019
Shortly after joining the party, Mishra, who retired as the head of CRPF in 2016, praised the Centre’s response to the Pulwama terror attack. He also criticised the state’s Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal government, terming it ‘discredited’. He also praised the Centre’s response to the Pulwama terror attack, reports Hindustan Times.
“All the countries are praising India the way we responded to the terror attack on CRPF at Pulwama. Whenever there was an attack on security, PM Modi would speak to us directly. Instead of supporting such an inspiring leadership, if we follow a discredited government in Odisha, then we will have no future,” Mishra was quoted in the report as saying.
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