STORMY WINTER SESSION LIKELY

The Winter Session of the Assembly commencing Thursday is likely to be stormy, as Opposition BJD and Congress Wednesday announced plans to raise issues like 'crumbling' law and order situation and 'vote chori' in Nuapada to corner the government.

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BJD, at its legislature party meeting chaired by Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik, resolved to raise its voice in Assembly on the problems of the people and the 'inefficiency' of the government. The BJD will seek answers from the government on various issues such as 'crumbling' law and order situation, harassment of women, communal agitation, farmers' problems and employment-related scams, the party said in a statement.

While discussing the current political situation in the state, Patnaik pointed out that the law and order has collapsed and women do not feel safe. The recent incidents of harassment of women from Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's constituency Keonjhar Sadar to Baghmari and Cuttack's SCB Medical College and Hospital are very painful, Patnaik told the MLAs, asking them to seek a reply from the BJP government.