Assembly Winter Session Ends Before 26 Working Days

Bhubaneswar: The winter session of the Odisha assembly was adjourned sine die, 26 days ahead of schedule. The Assembly session, which commenced on November 21, was scheduled to continue till December 30. Only after four days, the House adjourned sine die by Speaker Pramila Mallik, citing no official business. The House witnessed repeated adjournments during the four days transaction over Tribal land transfer issue. Government chief whip Prasant Muduli said all the official bills and private members bills were discussed. There was nothing more to be discussed. Moreover, members are busy in their respective areas. So, the Assembly was adjourned sine die. BJP MLA Mohan Charan Majhi stated that the government decided to adjourn the house sine die as it was afraid to face the opposition. Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati described the house getting adjourned sine die just four days after its commencement as “anti-national, shameful and condemnable”. He said it is a murder of democracy. The winter session had a total of 30 business days. The House was scheduled to transact official business for 23 days, with six days reserved for Private Members’ Business (Bills and Resolutions). However, the Opposition members kept storming into the well of the House creating a stir in the Assembly and forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House repeatedly. The Question Hours, the Zero Hours and other businesses of the House were washed out due to the uproar by the opposition members. The Odisha Assembly remained paralysed over the issue of the sale of land by tribals in scheduled areas to non-tribals and saw transactions of business for only 4 days. During the session, the house discussed one adjournment motion and passed one bill.

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