Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today suspended Shreemayee Mishra, General Secretary of the party’s women’s affairs, for alleged involvement in antiparty activities. The move comes after a series of her cryptic social media posts triggered discomfiture within the party leadership.

In an official statement, the BJD announced party president Naveen Patnaik had suspended Mishra with immediate effect.

Reacting to her suspension, Mishra wrote on social media, “I have never compromised on my self-esteem and self-pride, nor will I do so in the future. As I have not renewed my membership for the past one year, my suspension from a party I no longer belonged to is only laughable.”

She further added, “Under the misguided influence of a non-Odia, a leader who has ruled the state for so lon

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