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Cracks within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) seem to be widening, with senior legislator Ranendra Pratap Swain indirectly mocking VK Pandian during a public event in Athagarh on Sunday.
According to reports, while addressing a gathering, Swain made a sharp but subtle reference to Pandian's recent remark, "I am down but not out," which the latter had made a couple of days ago when party supremo Naveen Patnaik was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.
Though Swain did not name Pandian directly, his words, laced with sarcasm and accompanied by a smile, drew attention from both party insiders and political observers...