Opp sticks to stand on CM's resignation on Vedanta

Opp sticks to stand on CM's resignation on Vedanta

Pandemonium continued to prevail in Odisha Assembly on Tuesday as the both the main Opposition parties the Congress and the BJP reiterated their demand for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's resignation over the High Court verdict on the Vedanta University land acquisition deal.

As they continued to stage dharna and shout slogans in protest normal business could not be transacted due to the uproar. When proceedings began at 10.30 am, Congress members holding placards rushed to the well of the House and demanded that the Chief Minister should resign giving respect to the High Court verdict. They also demanded that the House should be informed about what decision the Speaker had taken on their privilege motion placed against the Chief Minister. Due to continued disruptions, the Speaker was forced to adjourn the House time and again.

Even as the Question Hour was conducted amidst sloganeering, a debate on demand for a permanent High Court bench in Western Odisha and the issue of verbal duel between two Puri district MLAs were also discussed.

Pipli MLA Pradip Moharathy urged that personal aspersions made bySatyabadi MLA should be taken off the proceedings. He also demanded that the Speaker should inform the House that he has passed BA. "I have shown you my certificates. I request you to make it clear that I have passed BA," he said, threatening that he would not come to the House until the House was informed whether he passed BA or not. After that Maharathy left the House.

Meanwhile, Prasad said he had not issued any personal aspersions against Maharathy. "What I had mentioned in the House on Monday has been recorded," he said.

Intervening in the issue, Parliamentary Minister Raghunath Mohanty requested the two members to forget what happened on Monday. The matter ended only when the Government Chief Whip went to Maharathy and requested him to come back to the House on behalf of the Speaker.






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