Naveen Patnaik slams Nishikant Dubey for ‘outrageous’ remarks in opposition to Biju Patnaik

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Monday (March 30, 2026) stated BJP MP Nishikant Dubey must seek the advice of a physician for making “outrageous” remarks in opposition to freedom fighter and former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik.

Mr. Dubey, in a press release on March 27, had claimed that Biju Patnaik was the “hyperlink” between former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and U.S. international intelligence service CIA in the course of the battle in opposition to China within the Sixties.

“I’m shocked to seek out the outrageous issues that Mr. Nishikant Dubey stated about Biju Babu. I don’t suppose that Jawaharlal Nehru had put an workplace subsequent to his in Delhi whereas Biju Babu was nonetheless the Chief Minister of Odisha to plan ways and struggle the Chinese language,” Mr. Patnaik advised reporters outdoors the State Meeting in Bhubaneswar.

Recalling his childhood reminiscences from the 1962 Indo-China battle, Mr. Patnaik stated that as a 13-year-old he remembered his father being livid concerning the Chinese language assault. Condemning Mr. Dubey’s remarks, the BJD chief added, “I feel the BJP MP wants some psychological physician’s consideration for saying these outrageous issues.”

The BJD additionally staged a walkout within the Rajya Sabha in protest. BJD flooring chief Sasmit Patra rose to talk quickly after the session convened for the day. “The BJD doesn’t disturb the Home. However in the present day we need to place on document our severe protest in opposition to the disparaging, false and concocted statements made by MP Nishikant Dubey in opposition to Biju Patnaik. He referred to as Biju Patnaik a CIA agent. That is the extent to which the ruling celebration has fallen. That is shameful,” he stated.

Backpedalling on his remarks, Mr. Dubey posted on X that he had been looking for to show the “misdeeds of the Congress” and never Biju Patnaik. “When the Congress did injustice to Biju Babu, it was the Jan Sangh and the BJP which stood by him. Inform me, which allegation did I degree in opposition to Biju Babu in my tweet? If anybody is damage by what I’ve written, then I can solely attempt to make them perceive,” he wrote.

Making an attempt to include the controversy, BJP chief Baijayant Panda weighed in, calling Biju Patnaik “one of many best patriots of contemporary Bharat”. He added, “Casting aspersions on his patriotism is fantastical and patently ludicrous. Such assaults on him are unworthy, uninformed, and completely unacceptable.”