Odisha Assembly was on Saturday adjourned till Tuesday as impasse over the chit fund scam issue continued and the all-party meeting held to resolve the matter remained inconclusive.
Speaker Niranjan Pujari announced this after several adjournments during the day. The Speaker also informed that the all-party meeting was also postponed till 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday.
As Monday is Akshya Tritiya, a festival associated with Lord Jagannath, there will be no business in the House, Assembly sources said.
The House witnessed similar protests by the opposition Congress and BJP members who rushed to Well of the House as soon as it assembled for the day for the Question Hour.
Mr. Pujari’s repeated appeal to the opposition members did not have any impact on them as the opposition continued to demand Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s resignation. The BJP members were seen attending the House sporting black gowns.
Though the ruling BJD members earlier demanded unconditional apology from the Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra on charge of misleading the House, the treasury bench MLAs on Saturday preferred to remain silent.
It was the Opposition members who created an uproar in the House by attempting to climb on the Speaker’s podium and shouting anti-government and anti-Patnaik slogans.
The opposition was totally annoyed over the commotion. They blamed the speaker for not being able to protest the Opposition members who are minority in the 147-member Assembly.
“The speaker has not been able to protect us,” Leader of Opposition Narsingha Mishra said.
The ruling BJD has 117 MLAs, Congress has 16 and BJP 10.
