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BJD Escalates Odisha Women’s Safety Campaign with Parliamentary Protest and Student Agitation

Demanding judicial inquiries after two high-profile attacks, the opposition will launch a two-phase student-led agitation in early August.

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Overview

  • On July 29, BJD MPs staged a sit-in at Parliament’s Gandhi statue to demand central intervention and judicial probes into a Balasore student’s self-immolation and a petrol-dousing attack in Puri.
  • Protesters carried placards accusing the BJP-led administration of ignoring a surge in crimes against women and children and failing to protect vulnerable groups.
  • The party’s student and youth wings will submit memorandums to the Odisha DGP and district police stations from August 1 to 8 to spotlight campus safety failures.
  • From August 9 through August 14, lakhs of students will send open letters to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi demanding swift justice for victims.
  • Odisha’s BJP law minister asserts that crimes against women have declined over the past 13 months and that all accused have been promptly arrested.