BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Monday said BJP MP Nishikant Dubey “needs a mental doctor”, after the loose-cannon parliamentarian claimed that former Odisha chief minister and Naveen’s father Biju Patnaik had links with the CIA. Biju Patnaik, the chief minister of Odisha at that time, was the link between the CIA, the US government and Nehru,” Dubey told reporters. I think Nishikant Dubey needs some mental doctor’s attention for saying these outrageous things,” the five-time chief minister said. But today, we want to place on record our serious protest against the disparaging, false and concocted statement made by Dubey against Biju Patnaik. He called Biju Patnaik a CIA agent.

Source: The Telegraph March 30, 2026 23:18 UTC