Overview
- Marking the party’s 29th Foundation Day, Naveen Patnaik declared the BJD a people’s movement that will remain Odisha’s voice for the next century.
- He dismissed talk of disintegration as misinformation, urging workers to show patience and convert current challenges into opportunities.
- Patnaik assailed the BJP-led state government over law and order, rising crimes against women, alleged exam paper leaks, and hardships for farmers and Mission Shakti members.
- He called young party workers the BJD’s key asset and asked them to be active on social media to counter false narratives about the party.
- Coverage notes ongoing defections to the BJP and an unresolved debate over inducting former IAS officer Sujata Karthikeyan, which drew competing statements from BJD leaders even as Patnaik stayed silent on the issue.