Bhubaneswar, Oct. 6 -- The Odisha BJP on Tuesday accused the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of losing its political relevance and alleged that the regional party had now become a "parasitic creeper" dependent on other political formations for its survival.
BJP General Secretary Biranchi Narayan Tripathy, in a statement, said there had always been a wide gap between the BJD's words and actions and alleged that its relationship with the INDIA bloc was neither new nor secret.
Tripathy claimed that there had been an understanding between the BJD and the INDIA bloc for a long time and cited the participation of the BJD parliamentary party leader in meetings of the opposition bloc as evidence of the relationship.
"The BJD has now become like a parasiti...