The budget session of the Odisha Assembly began on a stormy note here on Thursday with the Opposition members boycotting the customary governor’s address alleging the speech failed to address concerns of the state, particularly those relating to safeguarding its borders and irregularities in paddy procurement.
After staging the walkout from the House, the Opposition members sat on a dharna near Mahatma Gandhi’s statue on the Assembly premises.
While the political debate over the Odisha government’s alleged failure on various issues created a storm inside the House, a woman tried to immolate herself near the Assembly building alleging the police had failed to arrest those involved in the murder of her son.
BHUBANESWAR: The budget session of the Odisha assembly started on a stormy note on Thursday with the opposition Congress and BJP staging a walkout dur.
Opposition stages walkout during Governor s address in Odisha Assembly
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Thu, Feb 18 2021 14:51 IST |
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Bhubaneswar, Feb 18 : The opposition members of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress on Thursday staged a walkout during Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal s address marking the beginning of the Budget session of the state Assembly.
As soon as the Governor started his address, the Congress MLAs created uproar in the House over the border dispute with Andhra Pradesh and later staged a walkout.
The BJP MLAs also walked out of the House over irregularities in paddy procurement in different mandis, deteriorating law and order situation and border dispute.