Speaker adjourns Odisha Assembly

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Press Trust of India Bhubaneswar
Last Updated : Nov 18 2019 | 2:25 PM IST

The Odisha Assembly on Monday witnessed noisy scenes and was adjourned till the post-lunch session as Congress members shouted slogans against the government calling it "anti-farmer".

The BJP boycotted the proceedings demanding a CBI probe into the mysterious death of a woman panchayat official in Jajpur district.

As soon as the House assembled at 10.30 am, Speaker S N Patro asked the minister of state for Home D S Mishra to go for Question Hour while Congress members demanded withdrawal of the centralized token (authorization slip to sell paddy at government mandi) system on the paddy procurement.

Congress members led by Taraprasad Bahinipati and Santosh Singh Saluja trooped into well and shouted slogans against the government calling it "anti-farmer."

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First Published: Nov 18 2019 | 2:25 PM IST

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