Bhubaneswar, March 7 -- Senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra's son Arabinda Mohapatra today joined the BJD.

Arabinda joined the regional party at Naveen Niwas, the residence of BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik here, in the presence of the latter.

He was active in the Patkura Assembly constituency in Kendrapara district during the last two years. Speaking to mediapersons, he had earlier expressed desire to join politics.

Worth mentioning, Bijoy Mohapatra was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Patkura constituency, four times (1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995).

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