After a crushing defeat in Patkura, the obvious question that hits the mind of many in political circles is what lays ahead for Bijay Mohapatra. Will he continue in the BJP and wait for another five years to try his luck or will he chart his own course of action as he did earlier?
The chances of Mohapatra continuing in the saffron party, which he left along with former Union Minister Dilip Ray, a couple of months before announcement of the General Elections and coaxed into the party again at the last moment, is more for the simple reason that he realised his mistake after being denied a re-entry into the BJD.