63-year-old Padhy this time won the election from Ranpur Assembly segment. She defeated Satyanarayan Pradhan of Biju Janata Dal by a margin of around 15,544 votes. In 2004, Padhy was elected from Ranpur and served as the Cooperation Minister in the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD-BJP alliance govt.
During a meeting of BJD MLAs, Naveen Patnaik was elected as the leader of the opposition as well as the leader of the BJD Parliamentary Party. It is after 24 years that Naveen Patnaik is to participate in the state assembly not as chief minister.
Naveen Patnaik sportingly greeted the newly-elected BJP MLA who defeated him in the Kantabanji seat in Bolangir district in Assembly elections.
Assembly Election Results 2024: Results for Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Assemblies will be declared on June 4. The Andhra Pradesh Assembly has 175 seats while the Odisha Assembly has 147 seats.
Two BJP MLAs in Odisha were suspended from the assembly after they protested and allegedly threw pulses at the Speaker during the session.
On the last day of Assembly's Monsoon session, SC and ST Development, and Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Jagannath Saraka moved the resolution, which was passed in the absence of opposition BJP and Congress members.
When the House reassembled, Speaker Patro announced the suspension of BJP deputy leader in the House BC Sethi, Mohan Majhi, the party's whip, and MLA JN Mishra for the duration of the entire session and asked them to leave immediately.
Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress MLAs created ruckus in Odisha Assembly over paddy procurement issues on March 16.
Subash Chandra Panigrahi, an MLA from Deogarh constituency, tried to consume sanitiser inside the Assembly.
A woman attempted self-immolation outside Odisha Assembly on November 24.
The Odisha Assembly on Monday passed the State Commission for Backward Classes (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and a separate resolution, paving the way for conducting surveys of the social and economic condition of people belonging to backward classes.
Odisha Assembly Speaker S N Patro on Friday imposed an embargo on the media from reporting ruckus inside the House, inviting sharp criticisms from the opposition Congress and the BJP.
Among other issues, Congress MLA Taraprasad at the Odisha Assembly drew the government's attention to the drinking water problems in his constituency.
The issue was raised for the second day by Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra who asked the BJP members whether they can condemn the people who "worship" Nathuram Godse.
Raising the issue, Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra asked Speaker Surya Narayan Patro to direct Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to ensure a fair probe into the incident. Mishra demanded the probe report to be tabled in the House by July 12.
The saffron party has emerged as the second-largest party in the 145-member assembly by securing 23 seats.
Already the longest-serving Chief Minister of Odisha, Patnaik weathered many a storm in his political career and remained undisputed leader despite not being fluent in the mother tongue of his state.
"I initiate the discussion on this historic motion for providing 33-per-cent reservation for women in legislative assemblies and the Parliament," the chief minister said while moving the resolution.
As per the bill, in order to encourage maximum use of Odia language, provision has also been made to provide rewards to officials.
A member of the Odisha Assembly would get about Rs 1 lakh per month as salary and allowances while a minister will get Rs 97,000 and Chief Minister to avail monthly salary of Rs 98,000.
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