India, July 7 -- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Lekhasri Samantsinghar on Monday approached the State Commission for Women (SCW) to seek action against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Santosh Khatua for his derogatory and sexist remarks against her last week.

In a memorandum, Samantsinghar said the Nilgiri legislator crossed the red line last Thursday when he indulged in character assassination in response to her statement accusing him of involvement in an elephant poaching case.

"Khatua stooped so low as to call me a prostitute and alleged that I operate a sex racket. He even claimed that he had seen me doing all these immoral acts. His remarks are a direct consequence of our press conference, which I was doing as per the directi...