Uproar in Odisha Assembly over BJP MLA ‘suicide attempt’ Subhash Chandra Panigrahi tried consuming a bottle of sanitiser when Ranedra P Swain was giving a reply on non-procurement of paddy of farmers from mandis The Odisha Assembly on Saturday witnessed an uproar over the alleged suicide attempt by a BJP legislator in the House on Friday. Deogarh BJP lawmaker Subhash Chandra Panigrahi on Friday had tried to consume a bottle of sanitiser in a bid to commit suicide when food supplies, consumer welfare and cooperation minister Ranedra Pratap Swain was giving a reply on non-procurement of paddy of farmers from the mandis (wholesale market yards) in the afternoon. The BJP legislators accused the Odisha government of neglecting the problems of farmers.