The Odisha Assembly was on Friday adjourned till afternoon after the Opposition Congress and the BJP members created a ruckus demanding a discussion on the State government’s alleged lack of interest in implementing Odia as the official language of the State.
The issue was raised by the Congress members as soon as the House assembled for the Question Hour. The Opposition Congress members rushed to the Well of the House and protested against Speaker Niranajan Pujari for not allowing a motion moved by them.
While the Congress members were gathered in the Well of the House, the BJP MLAs stood near their seats supporting the demand for a debate over the issue. Unable to run the House, the Speaker adjourned the House till 3 pm.
The Congress MLAs alleged that the State government does not have any interest to develop the Odia language.
“We want Odia to be declared the public language, not only official language, on the occasion of Madhu Babu Jayanti,” Congress MLA N. K. Das said outside the House.
“Activities report of departments is not presented in Odia in the Assembly whereas other States are using their language as the official one,” he said.
BJD member Dibya Shankar Mishra claimed the Congress is directionless and their main problem is they do not know what to present. “They are unnecessarily creating ruckus pressing for on adjournment motion,” he said.
The issue relating to Odia language caused noisy scenes in the Assembly yesterday also and the House was adjourned till afternoon.
