Bhubaneswar/Cuttack/Puri, May 7 -- A key reason cited by leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for not renewing its alliance with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ahead of the Lok Sabha and state elections was the party's commitment to protect 'Odia Asmita (pride)'. Odia Asmita was being undermined and threatened by giving the reins of the regional satrap, the BJD, to bureaucrat-turned-politician VK Pandian, who traces his roots to Tamil Nadu, the BJP has argued....