Explaining BJD supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s absence at the swearing in ceremony of HD Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru on Wednesday, party leader Arun Sahu said; “In his 18 years as Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik has never attended any Chief Minister’s swearing in.” But what he did not bother explain was why Naveen did not send a senior leader to represent the party, as he has done on other such occasions in the past. In this case, the BJD chief restricted himself to a mere congratulatory tweet. In any case, everyone knows that the Bengaluru event was more about the show of strength by Opposition parties, who are keen to build a broad anti-BJP front ahead of the next general elections, than attending the swearing in of a Chief Minister.