Bhubaneswar, March 26 -- The Odisha Congress on Wednesday condemned the action of Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy in suspending all the 14 party MLAs from the house for seven working days.
Addressing the media, Congress leaders accused the BJP of running a dictatorial government in the state and described the action of the ''Speaker as murder of democracy''.
Senior Congress leader and former Minister Narasingha Mishra described the Speaker's decision to bar elected MLAs from entering the Assembly premises as completely undemocratic.
"For the first time in the history of the Odisha Assembly, the police have become the policymakers," Mishra stated. He further alleged that the Speaker has no control over the Assembly and that the police have ...