Puri, Aug. 7 -- Making a sharp attack on the BJP-led governments at the Centre and in Odisha, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday launched a six-hour protest at the Pipili toll gate in Puri district, demanding justice for the 15-year-old girl who was allegedly set ablaze by unidentified miscreants in Balanga. Calling the BJP's so-called 'double engine' government a total failure, BJD leaders criticised the BJP government for the sorry state of law and order in the state and demanded them to wake up from its 'deep sleep.'

BJD Leader Rudra Narayana Maharathi criticised the BJP, saying that they are in deep sleep. "The BJP government in Odisha is in sleep mode. They have been in power for the last fourteen months in India and are in power...