The Opposition Congress on Thursday moved a privilege notice in the State Assembly on an article published in the English daily, The Pioneer, against Speaker Niranjan Pujari.
Stating that the Opposition cannot close its eyes and ears to what people write and talk, the leader of the Opposition , Narasingha Mishra (Congress) said the article indicated how the Speaker rejected the demand for a debate on the chit fund issue..
“He should not only be impartial but should also appear to be impartial,” Mishra observed while reading out the contents of the article directed at the Speaker.
Though the House was prohibited to discuss the chit fund issue, some ruling party members made certain remarks in this connection and despite being expunged by the Speaker, (the remarks) came up in some newspapers. “Therefore, it appears that the BJD members can raise the chit fund issue in the Assembly and not the Opposition members,” Mishra remarked.