Nandini Satpathy’s son and Biju Janta Dal MP Tathagat Satpathy recently hosted a dinner at his Government residence in Delhi. In this dinner of his, the entire Rahul brigade of the Congress was present – from Jitin Prasada to Sachin Pilot. Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule was also present in it. But it is understood that Congress strategists are silently engaged in writing a new chapter of friendship with BJD. Surprised at the changed behaviour of several of its alliance partners over the Women’s Reservation Bill, the Congress
has now started searching for new alliance partners. In such a time if Congress is seeing BJD as an alternative to Trinamool Congress then this political manoeuvring has its own meaning.