Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Nov. 22 -- : The Odisha Assembly was adjourned five times on Saturday following an uproar from Opposition MLAs over the state government's decision to shut around 14,000 schools in absence of an adequate number of students.
High drama unfolded in the Odisha Assembly when Congress legislator Tara Prasad Bahinipati threatened Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro with dying by suicide in protest against the closure of the schools.
"BJD government in Odisha is behaving like the erstwhile British government and suppressing education. The government has given directions to close 14,000 schools in the state. The students will be dropped out in absence of schools. In the house, I said that I will commit suicide if schools are not o...