BJP's Nishikant Dubey recently claimed that former Odisha CM Biju Patnaik served as a link between US government, CIA and ex-PM Jawaharlal Nehru. “Nehru fought the entire 1962 war against China with American money and in collaboration with CIA agents,” he said. BJD MP Sasmit Patra criticised Dubey’s comments, accusing him of distorting history and maligning "revered" leader like Patnaik.