By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Assembly monsoon session began on Thursday . After the obituary references, the Speaker adjourned the House until 10:30 AM on September 19.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi initiated a condolence motion, paying tribute to several notable figures. The list of the departed included former ministers such as Rajendra Dholakia and Bibhuti Bhushan Singh Mardaraj, who also served as former Deputy Speaker and Union Minister.
Tributes were also extended to former MLAs Prasanna Pattnaik, Karendra Majhi, Niranjan Hembram, Prafulla Bhanja, and Mohammad Rafique, as well as to deceased members of the Odisha Police and IR Battalion.
Deputy Leader of Opposition Prasanna Acharya and Congress Legislature Party Leader Ramchandra Kadam both offered their support, expressing their condolences and reading out messages of sympathy.
Speaker Surama Padhy joined in the tributes, reflecting on the contributions and public service of the deceased. She assured the House that the formal condolences would be conveyed to the bereaved families.
