Naveen Becoming Powerless!
Bhubaneswar: The recent ‘indecent’ barbs of senior leader Suresh Chandra Routray—father of Manmath Routray who unsuccessfully contested the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat – on senior BJD leader Shreemayee Mishra has left the BJD red-faced. There is a growing a feeling among the people that BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik is losing control over the party and unable to rein in those who ‘misbehave’ with women.
The senior Routray made some scathing remarks against Mishra and even threatened to ‘cut off her nose and ears.’ Though Sura Routray is known to make loose talk often, the unsavoury remarks against Mishra has not been taken kindly by people in the state because the BJD had been boasting of its ‘respect women’ credentials. The most intriguing fact is that despite Routray’s comments—who is not a member of the BJD—no BJD leader has opened his or her mouth to condemn the Congress leader.
The BJD had been vocal, when the episode of senior BJP leader Jayanarayan Mishra allegedly ‘slapping’ a woman police personnel in Sambalpur. Even they allegedly supported the Police Association when it demanded action against Mishra. BJD’s prominent women leaders Pramila Mallick, Snehangini Chhuria etc have also maintained a stoic silence over the issue and have not come in support of Shreemayee Mishra. According to political analysts, BJD leader Naveen Patnaik’s silence over the issue is also baffling.