Bhubaneswar, March 16 -- It seems that the ruling-Biju Janta Dal (BJD) is now experiencing turbulence ahead of the crucial elections as reports of rift within the party are coming to fore thick and fast. A day after a scuffle broke out between two factions of BJD in Malkangiri, party workers in several constituencies are now raising their voices against the party's sitting MLAs.
Scores of party workers from Niali today reached Naveen Niwas, the official residence of Odisha CM and BJD president Naveen Patnaik to vent their anger against local MLA of the party, Pramod Mallick.
Accusing Mallick of being involved in corrupt percentage commission (PC) practice, the party workers urged Naveen Patnaik not to offer him ticket to contest in the up...