Tag: Odisha Assembly

Launching broadside against the government and condemning its standpoint on farmers’ issues, the members of the Opposition including the BJP and Congress staged a demonstration in the House, stalling the proceedings of the House. 

The Opposition including the BJP and Congress demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik alleging he has turned a mute spectator of the Archana Nag case.

The winter session of Odisha Legislative Assembly (OLA) begun on Thursday in Bhubaneswar. The inaugural day of the session saw members paying tributes to six deceased members in the Assembly.

Forest and Environment Minister Pradip Kumar Amat presented the budget on behalf of Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari who was absent in the Assembly on Thursday.

The deceased members included Padampur MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha and Dhamnagar MLA, Bishnu Charan Sethi. Other members who were paid tributes to are Golak Nayak, Kapil Tiwary, Gopanarayan Das and Adikanda Sethi.

The Odisha Assembly Legislative Advisory Committee is considering the growing demands of salary hikes of the legislators.

The winter session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will begin on November 24. The parliamentary affairs department has issued an official notification in this regard. As per the provisional calendar of sittings, the winter session of the State Assembly will continue till December 31. The session will have 33 working days.

The statement was given by the state tourism minister Ashwini Patra in the Monsoon Session of the Odisha Assembly on Monday.

The amount of Rs 38,732 crore towards capital outlay is 5.4 per cent of the GSDP. This allocation is more by 56 per cent in comparison to the previous fiscal, Pujari said, adding that many reformative measures are taken in this budget which aimed to ensure the proper implementation of 'Mo sarkar' (my government) and 5-T initiatives of the state government.

An alarming 14 deaths occur in Odisha every day due to road accidents, revealed State Commerce and Transport Minister, Tukuni Sahu in the Odisha Assembly on Thursday.

Meanwhile, National Vice President BJP, Baijayant Jay Panda also took to Twitter and wrote, "Ever since Droupadi Murmu ji has been nominated for the President by the NDA, she has been targeted and called names by Congress party. This exposes their anti-tribal and anti-backward classes mindset. Now calling her 'Rashtrapatni' is crossing all limits and is highly condemnable. 

The Opposition members said that a due of Rs 20 crore was not paid to the L&T on time. Now, the amount has gone up to Rs 120 crore including interest.

At present, the journalists are seated in a conference room outside the main assembly hall and cover the proceedings through video conferencing.

Raising the matter in the House, BJD MLA Sanjeeb Mallick said,  “Rs 3 crore is allotted for MLA-LAD fund. Of the Rs 3 crore, Rs 2 crore is for miscellaneous expenses while Rs 50 lakh each is meant for education and construction of roads.”

Some Opposition leaders also alleged that most of the paddy seeds provided by the State government to the farmers are not even getting germinated.