BJD leader moves SCW, seeking action against BJP MLA for passing sexist remarks

SENIOR leader of opposition Biju Janata Dal, Lekhasri Samantsinghar, on Monday approached the State Commission for Women (SCW), Odisha, demanding the arrest of BJP MLA from Nilgiri constituency Santosh Khatua for allegedly passing extremely derogatory and sexist remarks against Samantsinghar a couple of days back.

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The BJD leader in a memorandum submitted to the SCW alleged that Khatua indulged in character assassination of Samantsinghar with an intention to outrage her modesty in public.

She further stated that a press conference was organised on July 2 at Sankha Bhavan (party headquarters) in Bhubaneswar, where Samantsighar raised the issue of poaching of an elephant at Telipal village in the Nilgiri area of Balasore district and smuggling of the tusk of the jumbo, alleging the involvement of Khatua in the poaching incident.