BJD Stages Rajya Sabha Walkout Over Remarks Against Creator
New Delhi: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MPs walked out of the Rajya Sabha Monday, objecting declarations made by BJP lawmaker Nishikant Dubey worrying BJD founder and previous Odisha Chief Priest Biju Patnaik.
- The BJD condemned Dubey’s comments as “disparaging, incorrect, and devised.”
- Sasmit Patra, BJD MP, resigned from a parliamentary committee Sunday in objection.
- Dubey denies making accusations versus Patnaik, claiming respect for the late leader.
- The BJD, though not component of the NDA, has previously sustained the federal government on essential legislation.