For the BJD, severing its decade-old ties with the BJP did not affect its political fortunes. Instead, the party beat anti-incumbency at the state level and returned to power triumphant. The party also managed to increase its LS tally from 9 to 14. How did the party manage to pull this off despite popular apprehension that the split with the BJP would have affected it adversely? What was the strategy that the party employed? Did it go by instinct or was it simple poll arithmetic?
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