Bhubaneswar, June 13 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) suffered a humiliating defeat in the 2024 General elections because of overconfidence, party MLA Goutam Buddha Das has said. Speaking at a public meeting in his constituency, Bhograi in Balasore district, Das openly discussed the reasons behind the party's poor electoral performance.

According to the MLA, the party leadership and workers believed that Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik had carried out extensive development work across the state and that voters would naturally support the party. However, this assumption proved to be incorrect in many parts of Odisha.

The BJD leader further said that while the people of Bhograi voted for Naveen Patnaik, voters in many other pl...