Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday demanded removal of BJP MLA Jaynarayan Mishra from Leader of Opposition (LoP) post for physically assaulting an on-duty lady police officer.
Addressing the media, BJD Spokesperson Shreemayee Mishra said that it is well known that BJP MLA Jaynarayan Mishra is a habitual criminal with 14 cases against him including murder for which he was in jail and is now on bail.
The BJD spokesperson further said that Jaynarayan Mishra has a habit of threatening and assaulting people. Today again he has physically assaulted a lady Police officer who was on duty. The video of this shocking assault is also in the media before the people of Odisha, Shreemayee Mishra said.
The Odisha BJP speaks about the dignity and respect for women. Is this how Odisha BJP and its leaders show respect and protecting dignity of women? Jaynarayan Mishra has also in the past embarrassed the Odisha BJP by such actions, she said.
Shreemayee Mishra further said, “We demand that Odisha BJP should immediately remove Mishra from the post of Leader of Opposition in Odisha Vidhan Sabha for his shocking and derogatory behaviour”.
Odisha BJP and Mishra should apologize to 4.5 crore people of Odisha and especially the women of Odisha for having disrespected and denigrated the dignity of a woman in public today. They must understand such derogatory actions are not acceptable in Odisha’s culture and tradition, the BJD spokesperson stated.