Bhubaneswar, April 22 -- Odisha Congress President Bhakta Charan Das on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Women's Reservation Bill, alleging that the party has failed to demonstrate genuine commitment towards women's rights.

"The BJP made fun of women and women's reservation across the nation. They never truly accepted women's rights because if they had, a Vidhan Sabha committee would have been formed on a rape case instead of just a gherao," Das said.

Questioning the intent and implementation of the legislation, he further added, "While the Women's Reservation Bill was already passed in 2023, why wasn't it implemented in 2024? Why was delimitation linked? And even if it was, why weren't the ...