Bhubaneswar, Feb. 17 -- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former Energy Minister Pratap Keshari Deb expressed concerns over the worsening law and order situation in Odisha following the recent suicide of a Nepalese student in Bhubaneswar.

"This thing was supposed to be the last thing to happen to the government of Odisha. The state's law and order situation has been deteriorating for the last four months. So we have been protesting about this thing," Deb said.

The BJD leader further criticized the Odisha government for failing to address the rising lawlessness in the state, claiming that the police were "groping in the dark" in their efforts to maintain order. "We have been telling and talking in the assembly about how the law and order ...