BJP, Cong legislators create ruckus in House

Opposition BJP and Congress MLAs on Thursday created ruckus in the Odisha Assembly over issues like introduction of a new system for paddy procurement.

The House witnessed multiple adjournments as all attempts of Speaker S N Patro to run the proceedings failed to yield any result.

However, it managed to pass the supplementary expenditure of demands for revenue and disaster management department amid the din.

The ruckus was seen as soon as the house assembled for the Question Hour at 10.30 am.

Congress members rushed to well of the House and shouted slogans demanding withdrawal of the centralised token system in the paddy procurement process. The members led by Taraprasad Bahinipati and Santosh Singh Saluja also attempted to climb the Speaker's podium.

Patro adjourned the house for an hour after Bahinipati took a pen stand and tried to break the speaker's mike with it.

BJP MLAs later joined the Congress members demanding withdrawal of the centralised token system and ...