Bhubaneswar: Hours before campaigning for Nuapada by-election drew to a close, Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), accusing the regional party of indulging in ‘cheap politics’.

Addressing a presser, Samal accused the BJD of running an emotionally-hollow negative campaign against the BJP. “Instead of talking about what they have done for the constituency in all these years, the regional party resorted to gimmicks, using terms like ‘Beiman’, ‘Vote Chori’,” he said. ADVERTISEMENT

Taking a direct swipe at BJD president and leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik, Samal referred to March 7, 2009, when he alleged BJP nominee Jay Dholakia and his mother Kalpana’s calls to the party supremo went unanswered. “You (the BJD supremo)

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