Bhubaneswar: Former Women and Child Development Minister in BJD government Anjali Behera joined the B
JP on Monday.
She joined the saffron party during Mishran Parva held at the party office here in presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and BJP state Vice-President Sameer Mohanty.
A few other leaders and workers of the ruling party also joined BJP during the programme.
“BJD has caused much harm to me and my family. I along with my father and mother selflessly served people in Dhenkanal, but in return, the party kicked us out,” she told the media after joining the BJP.
A three-time MLA from Hindol Assembly Constituency in Dhenkanal, Behera was denied a party ticket by the BJD in the 2014 Assembly elections when the ruling party instead fielded Seemarani Nayak.
She had represented the constituency in 2000, 2004 and 2009.