The Congress and the RJD have criticised the BJD for supporting the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Parliament.
Congress leader BK Hariprasad on Thursday alleged that the BJD is supporting the BJP on all issues out of fear.
“I don’t know what pact has been struck, but both BJP and BJD tried to make the dream of Savarkar and Jinnah true and passed the CAB in Parliament. Amit Shah must have asked him (Naveen Patnaik) for support with the condition of not launching a probe into the chit fund scam,” said Hariprasad.
RJD MP Manoj Jha said, “I feel sad that the party which bears the name of Biju Patnaik is supported the Bill. If Bijubabu were alive today, he would certainly have not supported this Bill. I don’t know under what pressure Naveenji supported the Bill.”
Reacting to the allegations, BJP leader and Bargarh MP Suresh Pujari said, “The Congress party has lost its mind. The Bill would have been passed even without the BJD support. So, it is not right to link it with any kind of secret deal.” BJD MLA Sashi Bhusan Behera said, “Taking into consideration interests of the State, the BJD takes every decision. It will not compromise anything that is against the State.”