Retired IAS officer Ashok Tripathy joins BJP in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Retired IAS officer Ashok Tripathy joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Saturday.

The 1981 batch IAS officer joined BJP in the presence of Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at state party headquarters here.

Pradhan said the joining of Ashok Tripathy will strengthen the party.

Besides Tripathy, several others joined BJP on the occasion.