The Budget Session of the Odisha Assembly came to an abrupt end as Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro on Saturday adjourned the House five days ahead of the schedule.
The session, which had commenced in two phases from February 18, was scheduled to continue till April 9.
A total of nine Bills were passed during the session. On the last day, five Bills were passed.
These were Odisha Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, Societies Registration (Odisha Amendment) Bill, Odisha Advocates’ Welfare Fund (Amendment) Bill, Odisha Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (Amendment) Bill and Xavier University, Odisha (Amendment) Bill.
Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari had presented the State Annual Budget of Rs 1.75 lakh crore for 2021-22 on February 22.
Mandi mismanagement, border dispute and law and order problems dominated the session as the opposition parties raised these issues to corner the State Government.