Naveen urges CM Majhi to convene special session on MMDR amendment

Bhubaneswar, Sep 20 (UNI) BJD president and Leader of Opposition in the Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik on Sunday urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to convene a special session of the Assembly and pass a unanimous resolution seeking repeal of the recently enacted amendment to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act. In an official letter to Majhi, Patnaik reiterated that the amendment would undermine the state's constitutional power to levy taxes on mineral wealth and mineral-bearing lands, and called for a united stand to protect Odisha's interests. Recalling that the BJD government had fought for years in the…