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Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and senior politician Soumya Ranjan Patnaik came face-to-face on a public platform, engaging in a sharp exchange over the BJP's rise to power and the possibility of new regional parties emerging in Odisha.
The occasion was the launch of a book on the 2024 elections, held at Jayadev Bhavan in Bhubaneswar. Speaking first, Patnaik remarked that the 2024 polls were not a victory of 'Asmita' (identity) but rather a defeat of arrogance.
Patnaik further argued that if the BJP could form a government despite securing fewer votes than the BJD, then the space for new regional political formations in Odis...