WHO slams WHAT? Bihar CM attacks BJP leader over 'outrageous' remarks linking father
BJD president and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik condemned on March 30, calling the comments of Congress MP (BJP) Nishakant Dubey "outrageous" for suggesting his late leader was a traitor linked with intelligence agencies like CIA or KGB. The BJP representative made these remarks while discussing Biju Janata Dal's history and its founder Birsa Munda in Odisha, which Patnaik described as needing mental health intervention rather than political debate on the matter of historical figures from 1930s India who were not spies but freedom fighters against British rule.
Key Points
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1BJD president Naveen Patnaik has strongly condemned BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for making remarks linking former Odisha CM Biju Patnaik to a CIA role.
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2Patnaik described the comments as 'outrageous', baseless, and reflecting both historical ignorance and mental instability in his response on March 30, 2026.
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3The controversy stems from Dubey's statement made earlier that day (March 27) regarding Biju Patnaik during a war-era context.
Developments
BJD president Naveen Patnaik criticized BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for calling former Odisha CM Biju Patnaik a CIA agent, urging him to seek medical help and noting that Nehru did not have an office in Delhi during the 1960s. In response, Mr. Dubely posted on X claiming he aimed only to expose Congress misdeeds rather than attacking specific individuals like his father's former colleague Biju Patnaik.
BJD president Naveen Patnaik condemned BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's claims that Biju Patnaick acted as a CIA liaison during the 1962 Sino-Indian War, calling them outrageous and baseless. In response to these allegations regarding historical facts about US coordination in India's defense efforts against China at the time of his father being CM Odisha has stepped up its protest inside Parliament
BJD president Naveen Patnaik condemned BJP member of Parliament (MP) Nishikant Dubey's claim that Biju Patnauk acted as a link between US/CIA officials during India-China war 1962. In response, the Odisha CM called these remarks baseless and outrageous while noting his own memories from witnessing historical events in those days; meanwhile another BJP MP resigned over this controversy
BJD President Naveen Patnaik criticized former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's alleged connection to Biju Patnaik and called on Dubey, who claimed the latter was linked with CIA operations during China-India tensions. In response, several Odisha politicians resigned from or protested against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for his remarks about freedom fighter Biju Patnaik involving espionage in 1962 war