Bhubaneswar, March 20 -- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP, Bhartruhari Mahtab, who has been launching thinly veiled attacks against his party time and again, recently delivered the party the most unkindest cut of all in an article titled 'Rajanitira Bata Hudijaichhu Ki Ame?' (Have we lost our path in politics?) in an Odia daily he edits.

In his article, he has indirectly censured the current state of affairs in Odisha, saying the elected representatives and cabinet-level ruling system have become defunct. In states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Delhi and West Bengal, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) is the centre of all decisions. Even the ministers in the cabinet are ministers without power, he mentioned.

Referring to the Aam Ad...