PM’s remark stalls Odisha Assembly

The Odisha Assembly was stalled on Saturday by repeated adjournments after both ruling BJD and Opposition Congress created ruckus over Prime Minister’s remark about the state. As soon as the House assembled for the day, Samir Ranjan Dash of BJD raised the issue and dubbed the PM’s remark of ‘acute poverty and starvation’ in Odisha as “unfortunate”, which amounted to an “insult of the people of Odisha”. Dash was supported by other ruling party legislators, including Priyadarshi Mishra, who were on their feet criticising Modi for his remark at an election rally in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on Friday.