00:00The incident at Balasur today has hurt every Odiya inside Odessa.
00:06For the last few days, it has been a living hell for women in Odessa.
00:11Ten days back, within a gap of ten days only, two gruesome gang rapes at Gopalpur.
00:20Just after that, at Rayagada, two lovers were made to plough.
00:24And today, a student in FM College, she is being, for no fault of hers, she was targeted by a teacher.
00:35She was abused.
00:36And when she complained it before the principal, principal took it lightly.
00:41She went to the internal complaint committee.
00:43She filed a complaint on the 1st of this month.
00:46It is already 12th today.
00:48After 12 long days, nothing happened.
00:50And at the end of the day, the lady committed suicide today.
00:54That has hurt every people, every person who is hearing it.
00:59Everyone is touched by the move that the lady has taken.
01:02Where are we proceeding to?
01:04Where are we going to?
01:06A girl who has come for justice, she meets her principal.
01:10The principal takes it lightly.
01:12The internal committee takes 12 days to kind of come down to a conclusion.
01:16And the lady committed suicide with 90% burns.
01:21See, it's there at Ames.
01:24Today, we had gone for a press conference to address this particular issue.
01:28Because Odisha is at a stage where there is chaos.
01:3115 rape every day.
01:34This is a new record which is being set.
01:36NCRB had told that 8% crime has increased.
01:39But when you listen that 15 rapes are happening every day, it shocks each one of you.
01:45So, it is the duty of everyone to see that women should feel protected.
01:49Here, instead of giving protection, that lady was left wayside because she met the principal.
01:55She met the internal committee.
01:56She met the Honorable MP of Balasor.
02:01And the pity that is hurting more, the lady belongs to ABBP, the student wing of the ruling party here in Odisha.
02:10When they are unable to protect the lady who belongs to their own organization,
02:15how can they vouch that they will protect every woman of the state?
02:19And that is why we are in a stage where women are not feeling secured.
02:23We demand that the principal should be dismissed for the attitude that he has shown.
02:29We demand that the five teachers who were there in the internal complaint committee,
02:34they should be issued so cause and till they reply, they should be suspended.
02:38And today, a team of BJD leaders consisting of student leaders like Ipsita Sahu,
02:45the MP candidate from Balasor, Lekha Sri Samansingar, our media coordinator,
02:51other senior leaders, Dr. Rajasri Malik and Gautam Buddha Das, the MLA of Bhugrai,
02:58they have gone to Ames, they have visited, they have discussed with the lady's father.
03:04We are trying to do our best, but it's an appeal to the government.
03:09Do your best.
03:10Try to save a precious life of a girl child.
03:13You are talking too much.
03:14We are talking about the girl child, but it's time for her to do something.
03:20This is the time.
03:22We have to help the family.
03:23We have to see that the girl survives.
03:26We have to see that such incidents are not taking place again.
03:29Just by suspending one or two, just by putting aside one or two,
03:33people won't feel secured.
03:35Ladies won't feel secured.
03:36So we want that the government to step forward.
03:39The home is in charge of, the home department is in the hands of Honorable Chief Minister.
03:45Stringent measures should be taken.
03:47And the principal and many other principals who are like him,
03:50they should not take violence against women in such a light spirit.
03:54No, it is not acceptable.
03:56When you say that the girl's complaint doesn't hold merit,
04:00you have to now answer that if it doesn't hold merit, how did she take her life?
04:05The principal has to answer.
04:07Just by suspending that person, the government cannot vouch that it has taken a huge action.
04:13The government has to ensure, the government is very eager that the student election should be held.
04:18We are also inclined that the student election should be held.
04:22But it is time.
04:23The government should make the campus violence-free.
04:27Women should feel free to come down to the college.
04:29Instead of that, such things create a tension within us,
04:33create a fear rather than every woman of the state.
