Assembly adjourned thrice over Nupur Sharma issue

Bhubaneswar, July 2: Odisha Assembly witnessed an uproarious scene over the Supreme Court observation on former BJP Sokespers on Nupur Sharma issue forcing  Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukh to adjourn the house thrice during zero hour on the inaugural day of the budget session on Saturday. Arukh first adjourned the house at 1235 to 1245 and later for another 10 minutes
from 1245 till 1255 after members of both congress FM presents Budget 2022-23 in State Assembly Pro-Poor Budget: Naveen Budget Size (27.8% of GSDP): 18% increase `2 lakh crore Programme Exp (50% of Budget): 33% increase `1 lakh crore Capital Outlay (5.4% of GSDP): 56% increase `38,732 crore Revenue Surplus (2.5% of GSDP) `18,239 crore
Fiscal Deficit (3% of GSDP) `21,588 crore Debt Stock (15.6% of GSDP)  1,12,400 crore Social Sector Expenditure 34% of Total Allocation Economic Sector Expenditure 32% of Total Allocation
Total Development Expenditure 66% of Total Allocation Own Revenue of Total Revenue Pool 57% Budget Fully Compliant fo FRBM Act Own Tax-GSDP Ratio 6.4% Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance
Minister Niranjan Pujari presented the Rs 2 lakh crore full-fledged state budget for 2022-23 financial year he Legislative Assembly on Saturday, the first day of the monsoon session.
Here are the key highlights:Ÿ Odisha Government allocates Rs911 crore for sports sector including Rs 719 crore for development of infra, Rs 115 crore for promoting sports education and Rs 11 crore towards State’s contribution to Khelo India. Ÿ Rs 1,325 crore allocated for ABADHAscheme Ÿ Rs 200 crore each allocated for EKAMRA & SAMALEI schemes Ÿ Rs 150 crore allocated under Integrated Development of Heritage and Monuments and Tourist Destinations scheme Ÿ Rs 2,000 crore allocated for Mission Shakti Department Ÿ Rs 700 crore allocated for MUKTA scheme
Odisha Government to spend Rs 312 crore for development of horticulture and Rs 700 crore for MUKTAscheme Ÿ Rs 50 crore allocated to promote use of electric vehicles (EVs) Ÿ Rs 1874 crore allocated for Kalia Yojana Ÿ Rs 646 crore allocated for Mo School Abhiyan Ÿ Rs 3581 crore allocated for Samagra Shiksha Ÿ Rs 851 allocated for Mid Day Meal Scheme Ÿ Rs 100 crore allocated for high school tranformation programme disha Chief Minister ONaveen Patnaik has explained the State Budget for the financial year 2022-23, presented today by Finance
Minister Niranjan Pujari in Assembly, a progressive, pro-poor and development oriented Budget. Hailing the Budget, the Chief Minister said that the priority has been given to create quality
healthcare facilities, quality education including school tr a n sf o rma ti o n , lif e a n d l i v e l i h o o d s , w o m e n empowerment as well as infrastructure development. The Budget size has increased to Rs.2 l akh c ror e and the Programme Budget to Rs.1 lakh crore. The capital spending will increase by more than 56%, which will foster growth. Assembly adjourned thrice
over Nupur Sharma issue and BJPstormed into the well and created an uproar. As repeated requests by the Speaker to members to get their seats and cooperate in conducting the business of
the house failed to yield any result ,he adjourned the house till 1255 and finally at 1256 till 1600hrs for lunch. Raising the issue during zero hour Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha
Mishra said a bench of justice Surya Kanta Mishra and J B Pardiwaala have accused Sharma of igniting the country and damaging the social fabric of the country for h e r comme n t on theProph t . Mishra said s i n c e S h a r m a represented the BJP, the B J P governmen t has no right to continue in power and should resign. The Congress leader said since it is a sensitive issue and has ramifications all over the country, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik should make a statement in the hous stating the state government’s stand on the issue. BJP Deputy leader Bishnu
Charan Sethi vehemently opposed the statement of Mishra stating that since Sharma is neither a member of the house nor even a member of parliament the issue should not be discussed
in the house. Sethi said Nupur Sharma has been suspended from the party for her statement and BJP should not be linked with the issue.He questioned whether the Congress government in Rajasthan would resign for the riot in Rajasthan. The Speaker said since Nupur Sharma is not a member of the house we should not discuss it anymore and asked the members to cooperate in
smooth conduct of the business of the house. Mishra argued that he is not referring to any individual but to the Supreme Court observation that occurred due to an irresponsible statement made by an individual and reiterated his demand for a statement by the Chief Minister on the issue.

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