BJD's Debashish Samantaray, sidelined for months after questioning his party's stance on Waqf Bill, wrote a letter to BJD chief Naveen Patnaik alleging the party has deviated from Biju legacy and is ignoring loyalists. Samantaray, recently assigned a less significant role, said, "I fail to understand what 'in the rank of vice president' means…such a designation is demeaning and humiliating."