Meanwhile, legislators cutting across party lines on Tuesday expressed grief in the Assembly over the death of a Nepali student on the KIIT campus.The members also condemned the alleged mistreatment of several other students from Nepal by the KIIT authorities.The issue was raised during the zero by deputy chief whip of the opposition and BJD member Pratap Keshari Deb who said the girl’s suicide and subsequent development brought shame to the state.“The incident has brought down the name of Odisha at the international level,” he said and added that this was an outcome of the worsening of law and order situation in the state under the BJP government.Congress legislature party leader Rama Chandra Kadam also expressed concern over the alleged mistreatment of the students from Nepal and described it as an unfortunate incident. His party colleague Taraprasad Bahinipati demanded a judicial probe into the incident and threatened to stage a dharna in the well of the House if the government did not accept his demand.However, BJP MLA Tankadhar Tripathy targeted the previous BJD government for patronising the founder of KIIT and former BJD MP Achyuta Samanta.BJP MLA Babu Singh demanded arrest of Achyuta Samanta, the founder of KIIT. ‘What has happened in KIIT is a shame for Odisha. Therefore, Samanta should be arrested,’ the BJP lawmaker said, adding that the state has sustained a huge loss due to the “wrongdoings” of the private institute.
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