BJD MPs Satpathy & Panda Spar Over BJP ‘Trying to Split the Party’

Two senior BJD MPs engage in war of words on Twitter, fearing a split within the party. Is Naveen Patnaik watching?

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, is at war with itself.

Ahead of the BJP’s National Executive meet in Bhubaneswar to consolidate its position in the state riding on the success in the recently concluded Panchayat elections, the ruling BJD fears a likely split within the party orchestrated by the BJP, according to a series of tweets by a BJD MP.

The BJD MP from Dhenkanal, Tathagata Satpathy, has alleged in a series of tweets that the BJP is ‘trying to divide the ruling party in Odisha the AIADMK way and hold an early election in the state.’

BJP hard at work to divide @bjd_odisha in Parliament, maybe even in assembly. They want AIADMK type split.
- TS
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— Office of T Satpathy (@SatpathyLive) March 27, 2017