Odisha Assembly Speaker Holds All-Party Meeting After House Adjourned Multiple Times

Bhubaneswar, Aug 27: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy on Tuesday convened an all-party meeting after the House was adjourned multiple times due to ruckus by opposition BJD and Congress members over caste census.

As soon as the House assembled at 10.30 AM, BJD and Congress members trooped into the Well, raising slogans demanding a caste census in the State.

They also demanded a proportionate reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs in admission to technical and medical institutions.

Amid the din, Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati and BJD member Adhiraj Panigrahi along with some other legislators tried to climb the podium where the Speaker sits, demanding a ruling from the chair. However, they were stopped by the security.

The ruckus forced Speaker Padhy to adjourn the proceedings multiple times.

Unable to run the House, the Speaker adjourned the proceedings of the House from 10.45 AM to 11.30 AM and later from 11.40 AM to 11.50 AM and again for 15 minutes thereafter as the din continued when the House reassembled.

Later, the Speaker held an all-party meeting to break the impasse in the House.