Overview
- BJP MLA Santosh Khatua said during a Home Department budget debate that Mahatma Gandhi was responsible for partition.
- BJD and Congress members rushed to the well, demanded an apology, walked out, and demonstrated near a Gandhi statue.
- Proceedings were repeatedly adjourned, with reports noting as many as eight adjournments before order was restored.
- The Speaker removed Khatua’s remark from the official record following demands from opposition legislators.
- Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mukesh Mahaling stated the state government denounced the comment, while opposition parties continued to press for a formal apology.