In a scathing attack on the BJP-led Odisha government, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has branded the arrest of its senior leader and Ganjam district president, Bikram Panda, in the high-profile Pitabasa Panda murder case as a “sinister political conspiracy” orchestrated to shield ruling party figures and manipulate upcoming elections.

Speaking at a press conference at Sankha Bhawan, BJD leaders accused the police of peddling “hearsay and fiction” without a shred of evidence, vowing to hit the streets in protest against what they called a blatant misuse of state machinery.

The controversy erupted earlier today when Ganjam police detained Bikram Panda, a former BJD MLA, in connection with the murder of BJP leader Pitabasa Panda in Gopalpur, Ganjam district. Pitabasa, a vocal BJP district counc

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