The BJD on Thursday accused the Congress of joining hands with the Odisha BJP to do politics on the Mamita issue. The ruling party said that if the Congress has any evidence in this case, it can go to court and seek justice instead of calling an Odisha Bandh today is very cruel. “The Odisha Congress has now become the B-team of the Odisha BJP. Due to its weak financial position, the Odisha Congress activities seem to have taken financial sponsorship from Odisha BJP,” the BJD said. BJD spokesperson and MP Sasmit Patra alleged that the Congress does not want to raise issues of people's interest anymore such as price rise, unemployment, farmer agitation. It wants to do whatever the Odisha BJP asks it to do.