BJP MLAs protest against the suspension of their colleauges at the foot of the Gandhi statue in the assembly compound on Saturday
Bhubaneswar: Speaker Surya Narayan Patro on Saturday suspended three BJP MLAs Jayanarayan Mishra, Bishnu Charan Sethi and Mohan Majhi till the end of the budget session after shoes, earphone and a pen were hurled at him during proceedings of the house earlier in the day.
The session, which was scheduled till April 9, was later adjourned sine die five days ahead of schedule.
Government chief whip Pramila Mallick told reporters outside the assembly that Jayanarayan and Bishnu had thrown shoes at the speaker while Mohan had flung the pen.
Beggars at Ram Mandir in Bhubaneswar
BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to introduce a beggar rehabilitation programme to ensure that no one has to sit with a begging bowl by the side of roads here.
As part of the programme, street-side beggars and those begging around temples will be brought to rehabilitation homes. Even those who arrive in the city from other towns and end up begging on the streets will be taken to the shelter home.
Three shelters will come up in the three zones of the BMC. The inmates will be provided with cooked food and basic amenities and be imparted vocational training so that they can be self-reliant. In case the inmates want to reunite with their families, the BMC will allow them to do so after they become self-reliant, said the BMC deputy’s commissioner (welfare), Kamalakanta Behera.