A day after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi stated that only one family was highlighted in the state for a long time, a slugfest erupted between the ruling BJP and the opposition BJD Friday over the manner in which great leaders of Odisha were treated by the previous government. While BJP alleged that the previous government neglected great leaders including …
The government was not usually challenged while seeking permission to introduce a bill on the floor of the House. The Congress government, headed by Harekrushna Mahatab, was caught unaware, and could muster only 43 votes in favour while the Opposition cast 51 votes against the proposition. Prominent Congress leaders at the state level, such as Mahatab, Patnaik, Nilamani Routray and …
