Bhubaneswar, March 11 -- Odisha Speaker on Tuesday suspended Congress MLA Tara Bahinipati from the house for seven days for "unparliamentary behavior" following a scuffle between BJP and Congress MLAs in the State Assemby.

Ruckus ensued inside the State assembly after Bahinipati climbed onto the Speaker's podium earlier today.

BJD MLA Arun Kumar Sahoo said, "One of the senior leaders, Tara Bahinipati, was suspended for seven days by the Speaker and the motion was passed by the treasury bench. We demanded voting but they did not allow it. This is a one-sided decision. We demand the Speaker reconsider the decision and lift the suspension."

On the ruckus in the state assembly today, Odisha Minister Krushna Chandra Mohapatra said, "This is...