Balasore: Three voters from the Nilgiri Assembly constituency in Odisha's Balasore district have filed a police complaint against local BJP MLA Santosh Khatua, accusing him of making derogatory and objectionable remarks against BJD leader Dr. Lekhasri Samantsinghar.

The complaint, submitted at Nilgiri Police Station, alleges that the MLA made the comments about Dr. Samantsinghar, who had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election from the Balasore parliamentary seat as a BJD candidate. The complainants said that they came across the remarks on a social media platform.

In the written complaint, the three said such statements made against a woman in public are deeply shameful and humiliating. "We feel insulted as citizens after hearing such remarks from our elected representative," they said.

They urged the police to take appropriate action against the MLA, saying that his comments were not only disrespectful to Dr. Samantsinghar but also an affront to the dignity of women in general.

The MLA was yet to comment on the complaint.