Protesting the manner in which the Odisha Assembly passed a resolution, Opposition Congress and BJP Tuesday boycotted the House and refused to return despite several requests by Speaker P K Amat.
"We are boycotting the House to protest the manner which the House passed a resolution without paying scant respect towards opposition," Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra of Congress said before leaving the House.
The BJP members also followed and refused to return to the House even as two senior ministers and the government chief whip on behalf of the Speaker requested them to participate in the proceeding.
As the Opposition members continued to remain away from the House, Speaker Amat adjourned the House twice for 15 minutes each. When they did not return, Speaker moved to the next business and asked Water Resources minister Niranjan Pujari to move Amendment to the Odisha Ground Water (Regulation, Development and Management) Bill, 2011.
The dispute began when the House was discussing the resolution titled: "This Assembly resolves to recommend the state government to move the Central government to include the 'Uniquely' Indian ideal of Ahimsa, of Non-Violence in the Preamble of India's Constitution."
Mishra said he suggested to change wordings in the resolution "I fail to understand what the resolution wordings mean. Let it be modified."
Earlier, the House had unanimously passed another resolution titled: "That this Assembly resolves to recommend the state government to move the Central Government in the Ministry of Civil Aviation to name the newly constructed Jharsuguda Airport in the state of Odisha as Veer Surendra Sai Airport."
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