Following the debacle in the recently concluded Nuapada bypoll, the Opposition BJD seems to be in big trouble with several leaders and party workers openly expressing their dissatisfaction over the election strategy.

In response, senior Congress leader Panchanan Kanungo has alleged that there was a major conspiracy behind bringing Naveen Patnaik into the campaign despite his ill health.

According to Kanungo, VK Pandian wanted to prove that the party was losing not because of him, but even with Naveen Patnaik at the forefront.

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"In the last election, Naveen babu didn't visit anywhere and Pandian went everywhere as his second man. The leaders and party workers blamed P

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