Overview
- On Friday Oram accused a BJP leader of running a malicious campaign to oust him after the arrest of his associate Prakash Paswan in a Rourkela firearms seizure.
- Oram used threatening language, saying he would take strong action against those he blamed, and he reversed an earlier decision by declaring he will contest future elections again.
- The Opposition Biju Janata Dal seized on Oram’s remarks to allege deepening factionalism in the state BJP and to raise questions about law and order and ministerial conduct.
- Oram told party organisers in Odisha that he had reported the matter to state BJP secretary Manas Mohanty and said he might take it to the party’s central leadership; he did not name a rival though observers pointed to Dilip Ray.
- Oram is a six-time MP from Sundergarh and a senior tribal leader, so the dispute tightens internal pressure on the BJP in Odisha and could prompt party-level mediation or disciplinary steps ahead of coming elections.