Bhubaneswar, April 23 -- An unusual scene unfolded at a press conference in Sankha Bhawan (BJD headquarters) on Tuesday when party's spokesperson Swayam Prakash Mohapatra and senior leader Sasmit Patra addressed the media in lungis and also posed for photographs.

BJD's press meet was reportedly aimed at Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for his 'alleged jibe' at the Chief Minister & BJD president Naveen Patnaik, who was seen in a lungi in a video appeal to voters.

While campaigning in Laikera on Tuesday, BJP's Lok Sabha candidate for Sambalpur, Dharmendra Pradhan made a critical statement referring to Naveen Patnaik's video.

Addressing the gathering there, Pradhan reportedly said, "You all have seen our Naveen Babu, an elderly person, ...