Bhubaneswar: Targeting the state government for failing to take action in the Kunduli gang rape incident in which the victim committed suicide on Monday, the BJP today kicked off a ‘funeral rally (Kokei Sobhajatra)’ from Bhubaneswar and warned the ruling dispensation that the people of the State will overthrow the government for its utter neglect and disregard.
President of BJP Odisha unit’s Mahila Morcha, Pravati Parida said even though innocent women are being tortured, the state government is unaware. "After failing to get justice, Kunduli gang rape victim was forced to commit suicide after 100 days of suffering. If the state government does not wake up now then people of Odisha will decide what to do with the government," she said.
The saffron party’s funeral rally which was kicked off today will be organised in party’s 1,000 rural and urban mandals across the state over a period of 11 days.
"The state government is ignorant but the Odia people are not. From Itishree to Bebina who was gang raped in Pipili; from the helpless woman of Dasarathpur to Kunduli gang rape victim and now the 10th class student of Banpur who committed suicide yesterday after being raped - women in our state are increasingly becoming victims and are being denied justice. Odia women will not tolerate anymore," BJP spokesperson Lekhashree Samantsinghar said.
Earlier today, BJP leaders including party's state president Basant Panda, MLAs Pradip Purohit, Rabi Naik and others met the family members of the Kunduli gang rape victim and offered condolences.
On the other hand BJD leader Subash Singh responded by questioning the motives of the saffron party.
"Without acknowledging the ground realities that the state government had been very sensitive to the case and admitted the survivor to the hospital and took her care after the incident, why is the saffron party politicising the issue?" he said.