Opposition Congress members created uproar in the Assembly for the third consecutive day on Friday over their demand for withdrawal of the Odisha Reservation of Vacancies (ORV) in Posts and Services (for SC and ST) Amendment Bill-2013 and stalled the Question Hour.
The Speaker had to adjourn the House two minutes after commencement of Question Hour till 11.30 am.The controversial Bill was introduced on Wednesday by SC\\ST Development Minister lal Bihari Himrika and was listed for consideration and passing on Friday.
It was opposed by the Opposition and some SC\\ST members of the ruling BJD for lack of provision to protect interests of SC\\STs. At introduction stage, the Opposition had forced a division votes which was defeated.
On Friday, the Congress members trooped into the Well demanding withdrawal of the Bill. They wanted to stall the proceedings of the House seeking a definite assurance from the Government either to repeal the Bill or send it to Select Committee or incorporate the left-out provisions.
Ignoring the pandemonium, Speaker Pradip Kumar Amat tried to conduct the Question Hour. But he found the task difficult and adjourned the House till 11.30 am.When the House reassembled, again the Congress members demanded resignation of Higher Education Minister Badrinarayan Patra over the alleged tampering of the admit card of Science and Youth Services Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi. The Speaker had then to adjourn the House at 12.10 pm till 12.22 pm.