The State Assembly continued to witness frequent adjournments on the 13th day of its current session on Thursday as the Opposition Congress and BJP insisted on a discussion on the chit fund scam.
When the House met at 10.30 am, Opposition members, including Congress chief whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati, climbed onto the Speaker’s podium and tried to disrupt his speech. Besides, they also demanded presentation of the Bills in Odia language.
Speaker Niranjan Pujari adjourned the House first at 10.40 am and then at 11.45 am till 3 pm.In the afternoon, though the same situation continued, the Speaker managed to run the House till 5.16 pm.
The Congress and BJP members staged walkout at around 4 pm opposing the motion adopted to reduce the number of sitting days in a calendar year.Meanwhile, the Speaker reiterated his ruling on the chit fund issue. “Since the CBI has taken up the case and the matter is sub-judice, it can’t be discussed in the House,” the Speaker said.