Bhubaneswar, Sept. 24 -- Odisha Mahila Congress today criticized the BJP government for failing to ensure women's safety in the state.
The women's wing of the Pradesh Congress Committee staged a sit-in dharna before the state Assembly, protesting atrocities, rapes, and murders of women in Odisha.
Hundreds of women activists, led by State Women's Congress President Minakshi Bahinipati, marched in a procession from Congress Bhawan towards the Assembly but were blocked bypolice deployed at Mahatma Gandhi Marg.
The activists broke through the police barricade, leading to a scuffle with the security forces. The police eventually prevented them from proceeding further and took several into custody.
Addressing the gathering, Bahinipati said wo...