When an election approaches, politicians make headlines for their skill with words. While the Odisha Assembly polls are still about two years away, rival parties have already started demonstrating their way with words. Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah, who is visiting the state, dubbed the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government a “burnt transformer” and urged party workers to “throw it into the sea”. In response, the BJD described Shah as “Blue Whale virus”, who was speaking the “language of a demon”. The party was referring to the online game that has allegedly claimed several lives across the world. The BJD also criticised Shah for calling Odias poor people, who migrated to other states in search of livelihood.
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