BJD faces backlash over absence of 6 MPs during ECI meeting in New Delhi

Six BJD MPs skipped a key ECI meeting in New Delhi, sparking backlash and internal discord allegations, with party leaders citing prior commitments and denying factionalism. The absentee BJD MPs — Sasmit Patra, Manas Mangaraj, Munna Khan, Subhasish Khuntia, Debashish Samantaray, and Niranjan Bishi — did not attend the meeting or the subsequent press conference.

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