Overview

• Speaker Surama Padhy halted proceedings after repeated disruptions, with the House now set to reconvene at 10:30 a.m. on Monday.
• BJD legislators demanded a day-long discussion by suspending regular business, alleging scarcity at cooperative outlets and diversion to the open market.
• A BJD delegation met Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati seeking intervention and said he assured that he would advise the government to act.
• Naveen Patnaik said farmers still lack relief and vowed the BJD would intensify its efforts to curb illegal sales and secure timely supply.
• BJP leaders accused the Opposition of staging protests instead of joining a structured debate, even as Congress submitted a notice for discussion on the issue.