New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Monday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the violent clashes in Cuttack during Durga Puja idol immersion, accusing the ruling party of dividing the people of Odisha for political gains.

She said the state, which had remained peaceful under the BJD, is now witnessing clashes due to the BJP's politics.

Speaking to ANI, Priyanka Chaturvedi said, "This is so unfortunate. A state like Odisha, which had very peaceful people living there, with no clashes when the BJD was in power, suddenly with the BJP coming to power, the dynamics on the ground have changed...What has happened in Cuttack is a sad reflection of what the Bharatiya Janata Party, when in government, can...