Bhubaneswar, Sept. 9 -- The decision on part of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the principal opposition party in Odisha, to abstain from 2025 Vice President poll has led analysts to believe that the regional party is steadily losing relevance nationally, almost 15 months after it lost power to BJP after 24 years of uninterrupted rule in the state.
BJD, headed by Naveen Patnaik, lost to BJP in both the 2024 Assembly polls and Lok Sabha polls. Patnaik, who never eyed pan-India expansion of the party, failed to check the BJP's electoral juggernaut after staying at the helm in the State for a record 24 years.
The party, which governed the state uninterruptedly from 2000 to 2024, suffered its worst poll debacle by drawing a blank in the 2024 Lok S...