BJD’s infighting out in open as two factions lock horns in Puri 

The infighting in the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is simmering even as the party is bracing up for the forthcoming general election. As a testimony to it, the internal tussle in the party’s Puri district unit was out in the open when two factions of the party confronted each other.  

According to a source, under the chairmanship of state vice president of the BJD’s youth wing Subhashish Khuntia, a meeting of Puri town’s ward no-21 was held at a city hotel on Thursday. The supporters of district BJD president Maheswar Mohanty created a ruckus in the meeting while opposing the participation of the party workers of ward no-1. 

They also objected to convening the meeting without inviting district president Mohanty. 

The situation came to such a pass that members of both sides engaged in a verbal duel and tussle, turning the meeting hall into a battlefield. 

At the same time, some members opposed others’ sloganeering of  ‘Pandian Zindabad’ instead of ‘Naveen Patnaik Zindabad’. 

In this regard, no reactions from the BJD could be obtained.