BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s statement regarding former Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru and former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik has once again created controversy. He claimed that former Odisha Chief Minister Patnaik used to act as a link between America and former PM Nehru. BJD MP Sasmita Patra hit back at the BJP leader’s allegations and said that Dubey is trying to defame a respected leader by distorting history.
Dubey made serious allegations
While talking to journalists on Friday (27 March), Dubey had claimed, ‘Nehru had fought the war between India and China in 1962 with the help of American money and CIA agents. He claimed that the then Chief Minister of Odisha, Biju Patnaik was the link between the US government, CIA and Nehru. Today I have released two letters of Nehru, in which he is asking his officials, especially the then US Ambassador, to do their job. Nehru had told the officials that the government had sent Patnaik (to America) for important work and they were discussing defense matters.
What did Nishikant Dubey say?
The BJP MP alleged, ‘It was only after the India-China war that Nehru had installed a nuclear device in Nanda Devi at the behest of America and CIA. This device is still missing. He said, ‘Apart from this, Charbatia airbase in Odisha was also built for the use of America’s spy planes. America used this airbase from 1963 to 1979.
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11. America’s broker Nehru-Gandhi family, on this day i.e. on 27 March 1963, the then Chief Minister of Orissa, Biju Patnaik had reached America. We fought the 1962 war with China at the behest of America and with America’s money. Dalai Lama’s brother… pic.twitter.com/Xmh9lnCcAv— Dr Nishikant Dubey (@nishikant_dubey) March 27, 2026
BJD counterattacks on Dubey’s allegations
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has given a sharp reaction to the allegations made by Nishikant. BJD MP Sasmit Patra targeted Dubey by posting on social media platform X. He wrote, ‘These statements made against Biju Patnaik ji are extremely objectionable, false and irresponsible’. He was a great freedom fighter and visionary leader, who has an important contribution in the building of this country. Along with this, Patra also announced his resignation from the Parliamentary Standing Committee led by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.
VIDEO | In protest to BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s statement against Biju Patnaik, BJD MP Sasmit Patra (@sasmitpatra) resigns from the Communications and IT Committee.
Sasmit Patra says, “Yesterday, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP, Nishikant Dubey ji, in a public statement made some… pic.twitter.com/O9utqGyVHe
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 29, 2026