By D N Singh
Air in the Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has turned a little smoggy following some invisible bickering within.
However, the case in point is that of the Bhubaneswar MP, Aparajita Sarangi, who has, perhaps, not been able to create her space among the others in the state leadership.
Is she alone? A question crops up in many minds, in and outside the party.
However, going by the sources within the party, seeking not to be quoted, they say, that, ‘we do not know but she has been spearheading her political programs mostly alone’. Asked if she chooses that agenda or she doesn’t enjoy any support from other senior leaders, the sources were hesitant to be committal.
Even during her very recent visit to the Temple city, Puri, to have a reality check on the work over the Parikrama circle outside the shrine, which has been debated over and over again in many circles, it was she alone who made the visit and faced the wrath of people regardless of their political affiliations.
What is note-worthy that, some leaders like Pritviraj Harichandan, of the BJP, made it apparent that, they are not with her behind this visit.
Which obviously shows, that, somehow she has some support from the central leadership in one way or the other but nothing has been spelt out.
Speculations rife that, she may be rewarded for her self-acquired position and patience with a prominent place in Delhi. She will be replacing someone from Odisha there in the union cabinet is also a buzz in the political circle.
But what is worth the attention that, she has been alone, almost from day one she stepped into the party and that is not a mere show of her gumption to walk the talk alone.
Be it the recently held panchayat level or urban body elections, but it has seen, she alone muscling through the entire process.
What could be the reason behind her failing chemistry with the state leadership, every one in the BJP is tight-lipped about.
