Odisha Assembly Wednesday witnessed a heated exchange of words between the ruling BJP and opposition BJD over the women’s safety issue, while Congress members staged a walkout of the House protesting the state government’s inaction over the rise in crime against women.

Congress MLAs led by the legislature party (CLP) leader Rama Chandra Kadam staged a walkout of the House, raising anti-BJP slogans after picketing near the Speaker’s podium over the women’s safety issue. The BJD and BJP members participated in a debate over a notice for an adjournment motion on the death of a woman traffic constable in Bhubaneswar.

BJD member Goutam Buddha Das came down heavily on the BJP government and alleged that even women police personnel were not safe in the Mohan Charan Majhi government.

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