The decision to withdraw the decision came in the wake of journalists boycotting the House proceedings.
Proceedings of the Odisha assembly were disrupted for the third day in a row on Wednesday as ruckus continued over the Opposition’s demand for action against Governor Raghubar Das's son for allegedly assaulting a government official earlier this month.
Septuagenarian Patnaik, who ruled the State uninterruptedly since 2000 before losing out to a resurgent BJP in 2024, never sat in the Opposition benches.
The demands of the SJAO included among other things provision of pensions for retired journalists.
During Question Hour, the BJP members of the Assembly staged a protest with placards inside the house. As the uproar continued, the Speaker adjourned the House till 4 pm. Accusing the Congress of demeaning the President, the BJP demanded an apology from Sonia Gandhi from Rahul Gandhi.
According to the official reason cited, all BJD MLAs are to take oath in the Odisha Assembly on Thursday in the presence of the CM, and hence he is unable to go to Delhi
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Coming down heavily on the BJP, he said it had forgotten all of its 2014 election promises including that of according special category status to Odisha.
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With a carpenter involved in the making of the idols at Puri Jagannath temple alleging “fixing” in selection of the holy timber in 2015, the opposition has has sought a CBI or a court-monitored SIT probe
