5-Time Odisha MLA Arabinda Dhali Quits Naveen Patnaik’s Celebration, Joins BJP
BJD claimed that Arabinda Dhali becoming a member of the BJP may have no influence on it.
Bhubaneswar:
5-time Odisha MLA Arabinda Dhali and retired IAS officer Hrusikesh Panda joined the BJP on Sunday.
Former BJD MLA Mukunda Sodi, retired Air Marshal Dilip Kumar Patnaik, former joint secretary in Rajya Sabha Ramakanta Das, and BJD’s Digapahandi block chairman Bipin Pradhan additionally joined the BJP.
Arabinda Dhali, who resigned from the ruling BJD on Saturday, went to the BJP workplace in Bhubaneswar alongside along with his supporters in a procession, and formally joined the social gathering within the presence of its state president Manmohan Samal and MP Aparajita Sarangi, amongst others.
Addressing the press, Arabinda Dhali alleged that there was no democracy inside the BJD and senior leaders had been being uncared for.
“After feeling suffocated, I left the BJD and joined the BJP, which has inner democracy,” he stated.
Arabinda Dhali, the MLA of Jaydev in Khorda district, claimed that the BJP will type the subsequent authorities within the state by profitable greater than 100 of the meeting’s 147 seats.
He was first elected to the meeting from the Malkangiri seat in a by-election in 1992 on a BJP ticket. He retained the seat for 2 extra phrases.
He then joined the BJD, and was elected to the meeting from Jayadev in 2009. He additionally gained the 2019 election from the seat.
A legislation graduate, he served as a minister within the BJD-BJP coalition authorities led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. He held portfolios akin to Cooperation (2000-2004), and Textiles and Handloom (2000-2002), in addition to Commerce and Transport (2002-2004).
Hrusikesh Panda, the topper of the 1979 batch, can also be a widely known fiction author.
The BJD claimed that Arabinda Dhali becoming a member of the BJP may have no influence on it.
“Forward of elections, it’s regular for a lot of political leaders to change from one social gathering to a different. The leaders, whose profitable chances are high very low and are conscious that the social gathering just isn’t going to provide them nominations, are leaving the BJD,” senior BJD chief Raj Kishore Das stated.
BJD spokesperson Swayam Prakash Mahapatra stated the BJP was welcoming leaders from the BJD because it has did not create new leaders.
“The BJD leaders, who wouldn’t get nominations this time or are concerned in severe crimes, have been invited by the BJP. The BJP did the identical factor in 2019, and the result’s identified to all. The BJP is making the identical mistake,” he claimed.
Just lately, expelled BJD MLAs Pradeep Panigrahy and Prashant Jagdev additionally joined the BJP. Former Minister Debasis Nayak of the BJD additionally switched sides. One other expelled BJD chief Rajendra Das, a former MLA, and Telkoi MLA Premanand Nayak, who has resigned from the BJD, can also be more likely to be part of the BJP quickly.
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