India, April 14 -- Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Athagarh MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain, popularly known as Raja Swain, has written a letter to party president Naveen Patnaik, calling for the BJD to realign itself with its core ideological values, particularly social justice and secularism.

In the letter, Swain raised concerns over what he described as the erosion of the party's founding ideals, especially in addressing the needs of marginalized communities like SCs, STs, OBCs, minorities, and women. Despite making up nearly 94% of Odisha's population, he pointed out that these groups continue to face systemic neglect, particularly the OBC community, which constitutes 54% of the population but has "0% reservation in education."

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