BJP MP Baijayant Panda said party colleague Nishikant Dubey's remarks on ex-Odisha CM Biju Patnaik were "unworthy, uninformed and totally unacceptable". "National pride burned deep in Biju's veins, and he dedicated his life to liberating India and uplifting Odisha," he stated. Dubey said Biju was a "link" between US, the CIA, and Jawaharlal Nehru during the 1962 Chinese conflict.