Bhubaneswar, March 3 -- Jayadev MLA Arabinda Dhali joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a day after resigning from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).

The legislator was inducted into the BJP in presence of state unit of party president Manmohan Samal, Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi and other senior leaders during a programme here today.

Speaking at the event, he targeted the government terming it as 'anti-people'.

"The leaders in the BJD are feeling suffocated. I remained in the BJD for the last 15 years but did not get satisfaction. The senior leaders are being ignored. The youth leaders, who are dominating the party, are reluctant to accept that 'Old is Gold'. The gold has turned iron in the party," Dhali said after joining the BJP.

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