Biju Janata Dal (BJD) did not join the INDIA bloc`s mega rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on November 1, 2026

While some earlier reports or political commentary noted potential gestures of alignment, reports following the event listed the BJD among the notable opposition parties not in attendance at the Ramlila Maidan protest.

BJD`s Own Protests miles away from CEC issue at Ramlila Maidan:

On November 1, 2026, the BJD was instead holding its own state-level public protest in front of the Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, addressing issues related to reservation and local concerns .

That was okay but remaining clinically isolated from Ramlila rally speaks a lot about the raison d`etre Naveen was forced to take. 

Which signifies that the BJD has a lot to fear from the Modi-led NDA when Patnaik regime  was laced with allegations over its involvement in Ponzi scam and a huge load of involvement in the alleged mining scam. Those are a few potential threat factors that Patnaik was carrying like a petard all those 24 years of rule in Odisha.   

But after his stance of supporting the Zen Z and then joining the Jantar Mantar chorus demanding the resignation of the CEC Gyanesh Gupta, for a while, exhibited that Naveen Patnaik had at last gathered the guts like he did in 2009 by breaking the nine year alliance with the BJP.

For which Patnaik paid a price when the CBI/ED almost walked into Naveen Niwas to apprehend one most trusted staff of Patnaik,  i.e Saroj Sahu a very close insider who was allegedly handling many things at Naveen Niwas to which Patnaik was privy about.

Somehow the issue  was hushed up after some time, a grace granted by the Modi-Saha duo due to the make-believe bonhomie for mutual political survival.

“Naveen’s such decision in avoiding the Nov.1 rally must have been designed by some within the BJD who were playing conduit with the BJP. For any analyst following the BJD beats it is not difficult to make a guess as to who that could be” said Rabi Das, senior political analyst.

Wisdom in hindsight

The decision was an apparent indicator at the lack of political commonsense of Naveen’s advisors. 

"A week back there was chatter in the BJD circle that the LOK sabha loss by BJD could be due to alleged manipulation required to be probed. Such awakening after almost two and half years by the BJD speaks about its frustrating inferiority complex and should be rubbished" observed Ritik Pramanik, political commentator.

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