India, Dec. 28 -- Raghubar Das, who took oath as Odisha governor on November 1 and started with a visit to chief minister Naveen Patnaik's house, has started visiting various parts of the state to hear grievances of people and writing letters to Patnaik on matters of governance, causing disquiet in the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), people familiar with the matter said.

Soon after taking oath as the 26th governor of Odisha, Das, a former chief minister of Jharkhand, visited Patnaik's house, breaking protocol, which opposition Congress alleged was part of a "deal between the BJD and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)". However, on the contrary, a senior BJD leader said the visit by the governor to the districts to hear out the grievances of ...