
BJD MLA Ganeswar Behera speaks on internal rift in party after MP Sasmit Patra’s cross voting on Waqf Bill.
“This is indeed unfortunate. Once party decided one thing, that should be carried out. Party decision cannot be reversed. It can only be reversed when the man who has taken decision wants it. Who has taken the decision? It is the president himself, Naveen Patnaik. It was decided to speak against the bill as it abolish the provisions of law, as it opens the provisions of the constitution, as it discriminates against minorities, more particularly the Muslims…”