Port Blair, May 02: In a significant development, the only ward member of the Congress party in Swaraj Dweep’s W no. 4 of Govind Nagar Panchayat, Bidhan Mondal, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. This move has made Swaraj Dweep Panchayat Congress-free.
Mr. Bidhan Mondal joined the BJP in the presence of various party members, including Mr. M. Vinod, the State Vice President and Prabhari of Swaraj and Shaheed Dweep, Mr. Apurba Roy, the District General Secretary of South Andaman District and Zilla Parishad Member, Mr. Guru Das Das, the Mandal President of Swaraj and Shaheed Dweep, and Mr. Ajit Kumar Roy, the Pradhan of Govind Nagar, along with other district and Mandal office bearers and party workers from Swaraj Dweep.
The event was held under the leadership of Mr. Ajoy Bairagi, the State President of the BJP.