BJP's Anil Biswal criticised BJD after it accepted DMK's invitation to participate in meeting against delimitation of parliamentary constituencies on March 22 in Chennai. He said, "After losing the 2024 [Odisha] Assembly elections, the BJD is now heading towards the INDIA bloc." Later, BJD's RP Swain responded, "We have to safeguard the interest of Odisha first in the delimitation exercise."