New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Lodging a strong protest against the appointment of BJP leader Dushyant Kumar Gautam as the governor of Sikkim, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday slammed the BJP over the handling of the 2022 Ankita Bhandari murder case.

Speaking to ANI, Pawan Khera said, "You granted them immunity. You aren't even waiting for the CBI inquiry. What is the pressure to wrap this up so quickly? Who are you shielding? ... Why risk everything? You seem unconcerned about the election; you have no fear. The government has lost all sense of fear."

"And when the regime-the ruler-loses that fear, the people suffer and cry out in anguish. The outcry we witness today exists precisely because the ruler no longer fears anything. It is dee...