Monsoon Session of Odisha House Witnesses Ruckus over Textbook Errors, Mines Act
BJD and Congress MLAs disrupted proceedings over the mining law and textbook errors, forcing Speaker Surama Padhy to adjourn the House till 1.10 pm.
- On Tuesday, the Odisha Assembly Monsoon Session began with uproarious scenes as Opposition members from the Biju Janata Dal and Congress protested the MMDR Amendment Act and textbook errors, forcing Speaker Surama Padhy to adjourn proceedings.
- BJD legislators demanded the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over error-ridden textbooks for Classes I to VIII, while Congress members alleged the Centre undermined State authority regarding mineral resources through the recent Amendment Act.
- After the Speaker adjourned the House until 1.10 pm, BJD MLAs moved their protest to Lower PMG Square, while BJP MLA Irasish Acharya criticized the Opposition for disrupting the session without justified reason.
- Scheduled to continue until October 3, the Monsoon Session began with obituary references to six former members and victims of Nepal floods, with the government planning to introduce six key Bills.
- Although the government has started distributing corrected textbooks, officials acknowledge that nearly half the academic year has already passed, leaving the Opposition to continue demanding accountability for the initial distribution fiasco.
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Odisha Assembly monsoon session starts with ruckus over mines law, errors in textbooks
Bhubaneswar, Sep 22 (PTI) The Odisha Assembly’s Monsoon Session began amid pandemonium on Tuesday as opposition members stormed the well of the House over the amended mining law and errors in new textbooks for school children, forcing adjournment of proceedings till 1.10 pm. The session began with an obituary reference to six former members of […]
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Digital Desk | Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 (IANS) The monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly witnessed disruptions for the third consecutive day on Thursday, as opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress legislators staged a protest in the House over the MMDR Amendment Act. Both the BJD and Congress members had been protesting in the House for the past two days over separate issues. However, the BJD legislators who had been demanding the resignatio…
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Bhubaneswar, Sept. 24 (UDN): Proceedings in the Odisha Legislative Assembly were disrupted on Wednesday as Opposition members from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress staged protests over the MMDR Amendment Act, forcing the House to be adjourned till 4 pm. The disruption began shortly after the day’s proceedings commenced during Question Hour, when Opposition […] The post Odisha Assembly Adjourned Amid Opposition Protests Over MMDR Amendment …
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