Bhubaneswar: Congress protested against the suspension of 12 MLAs from the Odisha Legislative Assembly in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. The protest organised by Youth Congress was joined by state president Bhakta Charan Das and Odisha in-charge Ajay Kumar Lallu.
The Congress leaders protested outside the Vidhan Sabha premises and were later taken to Congress Bhawan.
Congress Odisha in-charge Ajay Kumar Lallu alleged of injuries to the CLP and stated that he was mishandled. Furthermore, Lallu launched a scathing attack on the Odisha government and alleged that 64000 women have gone missing in the state. He also alleged that minor girls are getting pregnant and school-going girls are giving birth in government residences.
"I have talked to the CLP, he has injuries on his hands. He was manhandled... This is a dictatorship... For the Kolkata incident (RG Kar rape and murder case), the President put out a tweet condemning it, but in Odisha, 64000 women have gone missing, gangrapes are happening every day, minor girls are getting pregnant, and school-going girls are giving birth in government residences, and the President has not said a word about it. Our MLAs were demanding a discussion on this... We will continue to fight...", Ajay Kumar Lallu said to ANI on Tuesday.
Furthermore, Congress Odisha president Bhakta Charan Das alleged that he is being arrested. Das said that section 144 is applied in the area due to which they have reduced their number to 4 from 5 people and hence should not be arrested.
"According to Section-144, we reduced our number from five to four, and technically we should not be arrested. We requested them to allow one leader but they are not even doing that. We are being arrested now. Our CLP is also injured...", Bhakta Charan Das said to ANI.
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