Tag: Odisha Assembly

According to the Odisha Governor, the ongoing works for the development of Lingaraj temple under the Ekramra project is going on at war footing.

As per reports, a three-tier security has been put in place around the Assembly. As many as 28 platoons of police force, SOG, striking force, bomb diffusing squad, quick action teams, dog squads and fire service personnel will be deployed. 

The first day of the upcoming Assembly will start with the Governor’s address on February 5.

While the Opposition wanted the government to answer why the bill was only postponed and not withdrawn completely, the government did not seem to have listened to their demands, leading the Opposition to raise slogans and disrupt the session.

The Odisha Assembly was adjourned for the second time following a protest by the Opposition over the issue pertaining to the scheduled tribes (ST) and the transfer of their lands to non-tribals in Odisha.

BJD MLA from G Udayagiri constituency, Saluga Pradhan on Tuesday elected unopposed as the Deputy Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. 

It is pertinent to mention here that the post of Deputy Speaker of Odisha Assembly has been lying vacant since the resignation of Rajani Kant Singh from the post earlier this month.

When asked whether BJD supremo and CM Naveen Patnaik will entrust him with some crucial responsibility in the organisation, Singh said that everything depends on the party chief.

Mishra further said, “Today I am unsafe both inside Assembly and outside. I am not taking the Odisha government’s help and have returned security. If anything happens to me or my family, then Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik will be responsible.”

Mishra further said that whenever there is a din, there is a provision for convening an all-party meeting. However, the Speaker of Odisha Assembly is not doing so, he said.

In his reaction, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Jayanarayan Mishra on Friday alleged that the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is trying to threaten and he had tried this in the past as well

Who is anti-people, questioned Majhi while demanding an apology from the CM and expunging the particular statement.

The all-party meeting was held at the Speaker’s chamber following which the session resumed. However, the pandemonium continued and the Speaker adjourned the House till 4 pm.

Mishra questioned, “What defines the CMO? Is a Secretary equivalent to the office?” The Leader of Opposition further alleged that there is absolutely no clarity over CM Naveen Patnaik’s statements. For the first time, a question of the LoP was omitted, he said.

According to Patnaik, this mammoth exercise was carried out in more than 190 locations in a period of six months. A total of 57, 442 petitions were collected and as of date, 43, 536 petitions have been resolved or disposed of.