BJP trying to engineer split in Biju Janata Dal, says BJD member

There are already BJD Lok Sabha members who are known to hobnob with the BJP leadership

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Lok Sabha member Tathagata Satapathy accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to engineer a split in his party in a series of tweets on Monday morning. 

He said that the resultant instability would help the Centre push for early Assembly elections in the state.

The BJD, under the leadership of Naveen Patnaik, has ruled Odisha since 2000. The BJD and BJP were allies until 2009, when Patnaik walked out months before the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls. He accused the BJP and Sangh Parivar of fomenting communal riots in the state.

In 2008, rioting