Arabinda Dhali

Arabinda Dhali is an Indian politician and member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Dhali is a four term member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly and represented the Malkangiri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) from 1992 to 2000 and the Jayadev constituency from 2009 to 2014. He was a former transport and corporation minister in BJD-BJP alliance. He had quit from BJP, Odisha to join Uma Bharti's Bharatiya Janshakti Party on 30 April 2006. With Rama Chandra Panda, a former Deputy Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly, joined Bharatiya Janshakti Party. Later, he joined Biju Janata Dal.