Pandemonium over question ppr leak continues in Assembly

Odisha Assembly witnessed pandemonium for the third consecutive day today with opposition Congress members agitating in the well of the House demanding the resignation of Higher Education Minister Badrinarayan Patra over the question papers leak.
The issue was raised by Congress member S S Saluja who accused the minister of being instrumental in the leak of question papers of the Plus-II examination and said it happened with his knowledge.
He alleged that the minister's son had a role in the posting of Devendra Behera as deputy secretary of the Council of Higher Secondary Education at Sambalpur, who was arrested in connection with the leak of English and Physics question papers.

Besides English and Physics, questions of Chemistry, Mathematics and Botany were also leaked, he said quoting newspaper reports.
The Opposition members shouted that the minister had dishonoured the Speaker's ruling, who had asked him to give a statement on the papers leak by Monday.
Speaker Pradip Kumar Amat clarified that the minister had given a statement in the House on Monday while replying a debate on the admissibility of an adjournment notice.

"Therefore, I do not feel that the minister has defied my ruling," the Speaker said.
Amat adjourned the proceedings till 3:00 PM as Opposition members continued to shout.

Peace returned to the House after the lunch break.