Overview
- The Assembly session has been repeatedly disrupted, and the House managed only 13 minutes of business because of adjournments after protests began on Tuesday, Sep 22.
- BJD legislators demanded the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over 1,731 reported errors in government textbooks and the slow roll‑out of corrected copies ahead of half‑yearly exams.
- Congress pressed for repeal or review of the MMDR Amendment Act, 2026, alleging the law shifts authority over minerals to the Centre and could cost the state substantial revenue, a figure some party members put at about Rs 15,000 crore.
- Protest tactics have escalated inside and outside the House, with MLAs entering the well, standing on reporters’ tables, attempting to climb the Speaker’s podium and joining gheraos at Mahatma Gandhi Marg, prompting repeated adjournments by Deputy Speaker Bhabani Shankar Bhoi.
- The government says corrected textbooks are being distributed and has offered floor debate, but the standoff risks delaying six planned bills before the session ends on October 3 and leaves students facing exams with late textbook corrections.