Shoes Thrown at OLA Speaker

Bhubaneswar(Reporters Today Bureau): In an unprecedented incident, Upset over reported rejection of opportunity to present party’s point of views, shoes were hurled at the Speaker of Odisha Assembly by members of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the House proceedings today. As per Reports, BLP MLAs Jaynarayan Mishra and Bishnu Sethi hurled shoes at Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro. The BJP legislative party took strong exceptions to denial their adjournment motion pertaining to massive irregularities in the mining sector.

“We all along have been cooperating with the Opposition parties. But, they wanted a discussion on a particular issue all of a sudden which cannot be granted immediately. Shoes were hurled at Speaker by senior BJP members — Jai Narayan Mishra and Bishnu Charan Sethi,” Pramilla Mallick, Government Chief Whip, told reporters outside the House. The unpleasant incident occurred during the House proceedings After an adjournment motion brought by Congress was rejected by the Speaker, the Opposition MLAs went out of control and staged objection. They also alleged that Odisha Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill was passed in the House without debate on the same.

“I don’t know what exactly I have thrown at the Speaker but I have not done anything wrong. The Speaker deserved this kind of behavior,” said MLA Jaynarayan Mishra. However, Bishnu Sethi refuted the allegation and said, “I haven’t thrown shoes at him (Speaker). I just threw a pen and headphones.”

Condemning the act, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Narasingha Mishra said, “The incident is very unfortunate.” Commenting on the matter, the Speaker said, “I am examining the photos. Law will take its own course and nobody can stop it.”