Bhubaneswar, Sept. 22 -- Democracy is being murdered in Odisha, said BJD MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik during the inauguration of a book-'Anubhavaru Anubhuti', authored by former minister and veteran politician Damodara Rout on Wednesday.

"Odisha is not governed by democracy, but by party and bureaucrats," said the BJD legislator and Editor of an Odia daily while joining as the chief guest in the function.

"For few years, Odisha was ruled by political party and democracy was party centric. Party was calling the sorts and all the major decisions were controlled by party. However, situation has changed and bureaucracy has taken over the governance in the State," said Patnaik.

"Influence of bureaucracy has increased in the State than the poli...