New Delhi, March 26 -- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Sasmit Patra condemned the clashes outside the Odisha Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday, lashing out at the Odisha Police for becoming the State government's handmaidens.

Speaking to ANI, Patra said, "We strongly condemn it, and it shows how democracy is being murdered in Odisha. The Odisha Police has become the handmaiden of the Odisha government and the Odisha Vidhan Sabha and are stopping not only the Odisha BJD and Congress MLAs from entering the Odisha Vidhan Sabha but it is unprecedented to see that the Odisha Vidhan Sabha being manned right now by the Odisha Police against the same legislators who are members of the Odisha Vidhan Sabha."

Further, he stated it was shocking to see barricades ...