By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Assembly Speaker SN Patro, faced tough time and forced to adjourned the House first till 11.30 am and later till 3pm after Oppositions BJP Members stepped up their attack and demanded resignation of Higher Education and Agriculture Minister Dr Arun Sahoo for his alleged link with murder of 5-year-old girl Pari of Jadupur village in Nayagarh district.
Opposition BJP demanded a CBI probe into the case. BJP MLA Mohan Majhi was seen trying to climb atop the Speaker’s podium. The BJP members created ruckus in the House over the matter, for which Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro adjourned it initially till 11.30 AM and later till 3 PM as din continued. BJP MLAs staged a dharna near the Mahatma Gandhi statue on the assembly premises holding banners and placards to press their demands.
Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati during the Zero Hour raised the matter of Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi’s expulsion from the BJD and alleged his association with arrested and suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak and his son Akash Kumar Pathak.
