Bhubaneswar: The Biju Mahila Janata Dal on Wednesday came down heavily on Chief Minister Mohan Majhi for releasing the video of his conversation with the Odia medical student, who was allegedly gangraped in West Bengal’s Durgapur on October 10.

Senior leaders of the women wing of the BJD argued that releasing the survivor’s identity and making her recorded conversation public violates the Supreme Court guidelines. ADVERTISEMENT

Addressing a presser at Shankha Bhavan, senior general secretary Tukuni Sahu said that the law and order situation in the state has rapidly deteriorated in the last 15 month under the BJP rule. “Incidents of rape, gangrape, misconduct, and murder are grabbing headlines almost daily. While the CM has shown little concern over the increasing crimes against women in

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