**Bhubaneswar: ** While the allegedly condemnable rape of a minor girl of Nilagiri in Balasore district along with similar case of Soro in the same district on Sunday rocked the Odisha Assembly’s ongoing second phase of Budget Session the very next day (Monday), BJP MLA from Remuna assembly constituency alleged that his BJD counterpart from Nilagiri is accused of shielding the rapist.
Both Remuna and Nilagiri assembly segments are under Balasore parliamentary constituency.
In his media reactions soon after the adjournment, Remuna (BJP) MLA Gobinda Chandra Das said, “It’s being known from the social media that the accused in the rape case of 4-year-old girl in Nilagiri of Balsore district is the nephew of the local MLA. It’s also published in the printing media as well as highlighted in electronic media. The State Government is here silent as the accused is the nephew of the local MLA who belongs to the ruling BJD. Law and order situation in the State has gone awry.”
“Not only this rape case, but also a murder committed on January 24 in Balasore MP’s house has also been hushed up. Law under this BJD Government is discriminatory for their party members and other persons and parties.”
On the contrary, Sukanta Kumar Nayak, MLA (BJD), Nilagiri defended, “We also came to know from the social media and TV news scroll. Police is investigating into the matter.”
“I’m the local MLA, but I don’t know about the political pressure as being alleged. Yesterday (Sunday) I was in my constituency whole day. I participated in a programme in Oupada block. Rather I want to know about the mysterious person behind the political pressure exerted as being alleged,” he countered.
The Nilagiri MLA even countered further, “No individual is MLA’s special person. All the people of Nilagiri are MLA’s special persons. Hence, it may be the accused and also the complainant claiming to be MLA’s close acquaintance. I’m helpless in this regard.”
“I don’t have any relation with the accused as being alleged,” Nilagiri BJD MLA Sukanta Kumar Nayak categorically claimed before media on Monday.
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