Overview
- The Assembly was repeatedly adjourned and managed only 13 minutes of business on Tuesday and 11 minutes on Wednesday as Biju Janata Dal and Congress MLAs staged sustained protests in the well of the House.
- An official inquiry found 1,731 errors in government textbooks, including mislabelled images and factual mistakes, and said the review process had lapses such as the same resource persons doing multiple roles.
- BJD has demanded School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond's resignation over the textbooks while the state says corrected books are being distributed and that action has been taken in the case.
- Congress has pressed for repeal of the 2026 MMDR Amendment, claiming it limits state powers over minerals and could cost Odisha roughly Rs 15,000 crore in revenue, and has sought a full debate on the law in the House.
- After repeated adjournments, opposition lawmakers and supporters moved protests outside the Assembly to public squares, a step that prolongs disruption of the Monsoon Session running until October 3 and raises immediate concerns for students facing half‑yearly exams and for the government's legislative timetable.