The Odisha Congress charged BJD-MP Anubhav Mohanty with submitting false affidavit on his educational qualifications during the Rajya Sabha polls in 2014 and urged CM Naveen Patnaik to take stern action against the parliamentarian. Mohanty, however, denied the allegation. Senior Congress-leader Nishikant Mishra alleged that Mohanty, who won the 2019 LS-elections from Kendrapara, had furnished false information about his educational qualification during 2014 RS-polls.