The state Assembly continued to witness pandemonium for the third day of its Monsoon Session as Congress members created ruckus throughout the day over the alleged corruption and irregularities in the Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC).
Soon after the House assembled for the day, the Congress legislators stood up at their seats and then went into the Well of the House and shouted anti-Government slogans.
Congress Legislature Party Leader Narasingha Mishra raised the alleged corruption in the selection process of candidates through the OSSC.
Other Congress members shouted slogans against the Government on the issue.
Unable to run the House, Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro adjourned the proceedings till 4 pm.
The Speaker called an all-party meeting to bring normalcy in the House. Ministers tabled different reports as normalcy returned after the all-party meeting.
Meanwhile, both BJP and Congress indulged in a blame game over the stalemate in the Assembly. Speaking to reporters outside the house, BJP Chief Whip Mohan Charan Majhi alleged that there is a deal between the ruling BJD and the Congress to prevent smooth functioning of the House.
“Adjournment of the House directly till 4 pm just 1 minute after the beginning of Question Hour shows that there was a secret deal between the BJD and the Congress to stall the Assembly. The Government knew that it would get into trouble by discussing issues like the
Mahanga double murder case and the law and order situation,” said Majhi.
The BJP had moved an adjournment motion to discuss the law and order situation in the State.
On the other hand, Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati said, “Yesterday, the BJP had raised the Mahanga double murder case and demanded action against Law Minister Pratap Jena. But today, they remained silent. They became silent because they have a nexus with the ruling BJD.”