Bhubaneswar, Dec. 14 -- The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Das has publicly defended party president Mallikarjun Kharge amid the escalating internal discord in the state Congress unit.

Reacting to former Barabati-Cuttack MLA Mohammed Moquim's recent letter to Sonia Gandhi and his statements, the OPCC President, without taking Moquim's name, said those "associated with the BJP should just go to the BJP," while underlining Kharge's long political journey and experience, stating that "even 0.1 per cent of what he has gone through, these people would not have seen," Das said to ANI.

The remarks come as the controversy surrounding Moquim deepens, with sources indicating that the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee ha...