Tag: Odisha Legislative Assembly

The salary of Odisha MLAs is far less compared to many other states. Odisha MLAs’ monthly remuneration is 19th among Indian states. 

“Due to the absence of our leader, we are not getting our due importance in the House," said MLA Kusum Tete.

The filing of nomination papers for election to the post of Nation’s first citizen has started from today and will continue till June 29.

When asked, the Bhanjanagar legislator said if any responsibility is given to him he would discharge it with integrity and sincerity. 

But the story is in this 6-day session, only a single day was devoted to official business. 

Out of the Rs1.10 lakh crore, Rs1 lakh crore has been allocated for government sector and the remaining Rs10,000 crore for other sectors. 

Governor Ganeshi Lal will address the House on the first business day of the session.

Speaker Surya Narayan Patro convened a review meeting today to hold discussions with the concerned officials about the construction of apartments.

Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker Surya Narayan Patro informed on Sunday about receipt of a letter in which the Centre has asked the Odisha government to interact with its Parliamentary Affairs department.

Impasse continued for the seventh day of the Odisha Legislative Assembly’s winter session on Wednesday as Opposition party legislators created ruckus in the House over the Mamita Meher murder case. 

Speaker Surya Narayan Patro informed that Covid test of all the MLAs, their PSOs, drivers, employees, journalists and all those who will be visiting the Assembly will be carried out.

Bhubaneswar: The second phase of Budget Session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly (OLA) beginning today is all set to be stormy as Opposition BJP and Congress have announced to raise government failures in different sectors to take on the ruling BJD. Deteriorating law and order situation, drinking water scarcity, employment, migrant laborers, shortage of teachers, […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior officials of Commissionerate Police are now busy in making elaborate security arrangements for the Budget Session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly (OLA) starting tomorrow. A three-tier security cordon has been put in place for the budget session of the Assembly, informed Police Commissioner YB Khurania after reviewing the arrangements on Monday. “An inner […]

Bhubaneswar: A study done by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the Odisha Election Watch (OEW) revealed that over 35 per cent members of Odisha Legislative Assembly have criminal cases registered against them. As per the ADR report, out of the 147 MLAs, 52 sitting legislators of the State have declared criminal cases against […]

Bhubaneswar: Ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today moved a motion of notice for the election to the post of Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. The motion of notice was moved before the Assembly Secretary A K Sarangi. The BJD named former minister Pradip Kumar Amat as its candidate for the Speaker’s post. Chief Minister […]