Odisha Assembly adjourned till 4 PM amid Opposition uproar over MMDR amendment

Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 (UNI) Proceedings in the Odisha Legislative Assembly were disrupted for the third consecutive day on Thursday as Opposition BJD and Congress members protested against the MMDR Amendment Act, forcing Deputy Speaker Bhabani Shankar Bhoi to adjourn the House till 1600 hours. As soon as the Assembly assembled at 1030 hours to take up the Question Hour, members of both Opposition parties trooped into the well of the House holding placards and raising slogans demanding scrapping of the MMDR Amendment Act, which they claimed was against the interests of Odisha. Despite repeated appeals by the Deputy Speaker to…