The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday strongly condemned the gang rape of a woman medical student from Odisha in West Bengal’s Durgapur and questioned the Odisha BJP government’s response to sexual assault cases within the state.

In a press statement, the party accused that BJP government in the state of not showing such promptness in many rape cases that take place in Odisha.

“While the promptness shown by the Odisha government in condemning the Durgapur gang rape case is welcome, the same seriousness is missing when such violence against women take place in the state. Many such incidents have been suppressed without justice,” BJD spokesperson and media coordinator Lenin Mohanty alleged.

The party also questioned the absence of central and state women’s commissions in Odisha duri

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