03-25-2009, 08:03 AM
<!--emo&:clapping--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clap.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='clap.gif' /><!--endemo--> For one, BJDâs calculation that BJP may not be able to survive the split and that it may break into two, with a section gravitating towards the regional outfit, has clearly gone off the mark. While four saffron MLAs switched their allegiance towards BJD on the eve of the trust-vote moved by the chief minister in the Orissa assembly, there has been a reverse flow since then.
On Saturday, BJD MP Archana Nayak embraced the saffron camp. A fiery NSUI leader during her student days, she had joined BJD on the eve of the 2004 general election
. She took political observers by surprise by dumping Mr Patnaik over the weekend, blaming `Pyaribabu,â as Mr Mohapatra is called by the party rank-and-file, for âmisleadingâ the Orissa chief minister.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/P...how/4312107.cms
On Saturday, BJD MP Archana Nayak embraced the saffron camp. A fiery NSUI leader during her student days, she had joined BJD on the eve of the 2004 general election
. She took political observers by surprise by dumping Mr Patnaik over the weekend, blaming `Pyaribabu,â as Mr Mohapatra is called by the party rank-and-file, for âmisleadingâ the Orissa chief minister.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/P...how/4312107.cms