India, April 9 -- Amid turmoil in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the Waqf Bill voting row, party's Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray, without naming anyone, came down heavily on 'some' leaders of the BJD today.

In a Facebook post, Samantaray said some leaders of the BJD don't understand its ideals. They are not familiar with the ideals of party president Naveen Patnaik, he said, adding that they seem to be acting on someone else's directions.

"Recently, some individuals who have joined the Biju Janata Dal and received positions within the party neither understand the party's history nor the ideals of Naveen Babu or Biju Babu. Since the party's inception, lakhs of workers and senior leaders have struggled and fought to elevate a regio...