Overview
- The Monsoon Session has been repeatedly adjourned, with the House managing only 13 minutes of business on Tuesday and 11 minutes on Wednesday as opposition MLAs staged protests and Deputy Speaker Bhabani Shankar Bhoi repeatedly halted proceedings.
- A state inquiry found 1,731 errors in government textbooks, including factual and labeling mistakes such as misidentifying Isaac Newton, placing Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills in Jharkhand and printing another state’s assembly photo under the Odisha caption.
- The Biju Janata Dal is demanding School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond’s resignation and has combined Assembly disruptions with street demonstrations at Lower PMG, where clashes with police led to the detention of about 40–50 protesters.
- Congress is pressing for repeal of the 2026 MMDR Amendment Act, arguing it limits states’ power to levy extra taxes on mineral lands and could cost Odisha an estimated Rs 15,000 crore in revenue.
- The state government and BJP say corrected textbooks are being distributed, some action has been taken against irregularities and officials are ready to debate the issues in the House as the session continues through October 3.