Storm of protests in Odisha Assembly over mining rip-off

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR:  The stalemate continued via the final day of the Odisha Assembly on Thursday with the BJP and Congress members creating ruckus demanding a dialogue on mining rip-off within the State by suspending the query hour. As the House assembled for the day, the Opposition members rushed into the nicely demanding a dialogue on the problem and tried to climb onto the Speaker podium. As Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro didn’t pacify the members, he adjourned the House until 11.30 am and once more until 4 pm because the noisy scenes continued.

The Speaker on Wednesday rejected an adjournment movement discover on mining rip-off from the Congress and refused to simply accept the BJP’s comparable discover on Thursday. As a results of which, the Opposition members rushed into the nicely of the House protesting the choice. The Opposition MLAs additionally raised the problem of suicide of Dusmanta Das, a youth from Jagatsinghpur, as a result of medical negligence on the State’s premier SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. They held police answerable for Das committing suicide close to the Assembly on Wednesday.

While the Opposition members stalled proceedings of the House, the ruling BJD members raised the problem of Central neglect and staged a dharna close to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the Assembly premises.

Alleging brief provide of fertilisers by the Centre, the ruling social gathering members demanded a hike in minimal help value (MSP) on paddy as per the advice of the MS Swaminathan Committee and Fasal Bima advantages for farmers of Odisha. While Congress Legislature Party chief Narasingh Mishra ridiculed BJD’s protest, a number of different Opposition members criticised the Speaker for ‘working for the government’. “BJD supports BJP in all issues at the Centre, but they are now holding a protest for MSP and Fasal Bima,” he added. 

Opposition chief whip Mohan Majhi criticised the Speaker for his choice. “We gave a new notice for an adjournment motion on the mining issues on Thursday. Nowhere in the notice, we mentioned about corruption. There is no justification for rejecting it,” he added. Senior Congress member Santosh Saluja additionally criticised the Speaker’s choice for attempting to guard the federal government.