India, March 12 -- The Congress legislators have boycotted the Odisha Assembly over party MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati's suspension from the House for seven days over a scuffle with the ruling BJP members.

They have decided to continue the boycott till the withdrawal of the suspension and stage a sit-in near the Mahatma Gandhi statue on the premises of the Odisha Assembly to press their demands.

On the other hand, the BJD has extended its support to the Congress in this matter. Opposing the suspension, MLAs of the BJD today met Speaker Surama Padhy urging cancellation of the order.

"The Speaker should have examined the incident deeply before passing the suspension order. We requested the Speaker to reconsider the decision. We are awaiti...