Bhubaneswar, March 4 -- After joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday, Arabinda Dhali has said that the administration in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is not going well where nobody listens to anyone.

"I like BJP, it is an independent party. BJD is not independent. The administration in BJD is not going well, nobody listens to anyone," he said.

Arabinda Dhali who is a five-time MLA, joined the BJP in the presence of Odisha election in-charge Vijaypal Singh Tomar and BJP state president Manmohan Samal at the BJP headquarters in Bhubaneswar on Sunday after resigning from the primary membership of BJD.

On Sunday, he said that PM Modi is set to become the prime minister for the third time with more than 400 MPs. "The development th...