Who will dominate Odia identity? Why is there so much bitterness between BJP and BJD in the middle of elections?

Naveen Patnaik got a chance after Patra's comment
On the other hand, after Sambit Patra's comment, Naveen Patnaik linked the whole matter to Oriya identity. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik appealed to the BJP not to drag Lord Jagannath into politics after his remarks describing the state's revered deity as a devotee of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Patnaik criticized Patra for hurting Odia identity in a post on social media platform X. He said that Mahaprabhu Shri Jagannath is the lord of the universe. Calling Mahaprabhu a devotee of another human being is an insult to God…completely condemnable. This has hurt the sentiments and faith of crores of Jagannath devotees and Oriya people around the world. Patnaik said that by doing this you have deeply hurt the Oriya identity and the people of Odisha will remember this for a long time. On the pretext of Patra's statement, Naveen Patnaik also launched a scathing attack on BJP.

What is the reason for bitterness between the two parties?
In the midst of elections, many political experts are linking this bitterness only to the elections. Naveen Patnaik's party supported BJP at every small and big occasion at the center. Recently, PM Modi had called the Odisha CM his friend, while Naveen Patnaik had given eight out of ten marks to the Modi government. Some people also consider former bureaucrat and Naveen Patnaik's close aide Pandian as the reason behind this. After leaving the job, Pandian has now entered politics and is being counted as the number 2 leader in the party. Pandian is originally from Tamil Nadu and seeing his activism, BJP has linked it to Odia identity. This is also considered a reason behind the alliance not being formed in the state. At the same time, some experts also believe that this bitterness is only for the elections. At the same time, some people are also seeing the Congress angle behind this. If both BJP and BJD had come together, then the Congress party would have clearly emerged as the opposition and it would have got a chance to increase its mass base in the state. In such a situation, this could have harmed both BJP and BJD, hence both the parties did not come together.