Bhubaneswar, Nov. 29 -- The all-party meeting called by Odisha speaker today hit a jarring note as Odisha BJP, the main opposition party, boycotted it.

The Deputy Leader of Odisha BJP legislature Party, Bishnu Charan Sethi, today walked out of the all-party meet convened by the Assembly Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro, when the Speaker didn't allow the party's proposal to allow Chief Whip Mohan Majhi and senior leader Jaynarayan Mishra to attend.

"The party had given a proposal to replace LoP with Chief Whip in the all-party meet. Moreover, we had sought for increasing the number of members of the Opposition during the meeting. The Speaker, though, had earlier promised to approve the proposal, refused it today. Honourable Speaker asked us ...