Bhubaneswar, June 20 -- BJP Mahila Morcha President Aiswarya Biswal slammed the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) while addressing the issue of the Gopalpur rape case. Biswal mentioned that during the BJD government, sitting ministers and senior party leaders were involved in crimes.

Aiswarya Biswal alleged that it is very "unfortunate" that, despite being in power for a long time, the previous BJD government did not take any steps to stop crime against women in the state. She assured that CM Mohan Charan Majhi has condemned the incident and punitive action will be taken against the accused in the case.

"The rise in the crimes against women in Odisha, was all during the rule of BJD... It's quite unfortunate that BJD, which has ruled Odisha for so m...