BJD president and former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik condemned BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's remarks regarding his father, the late Biju Patnaik. Dubey claimed that Biju acted as a link between PM Jawaharlal Nehru, the US government, and the CIA during the 1962 Indo-China war. Dismissing the claims as outrageous, Naveen said that Dubey needs "some mental doctor's attention".