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Bhubaneswar, March 18 High political drama unfolded in front of Naveen Nivas, the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs sat on dharna on Thursday.The Chief Minister came out from Naveen Nivas and invited the protesting BJP MLAs for a discussion on how to end the stalemate in the Assembly, which has been witnessing pandemonium over alleged irregularities in paddy procurement and other issues for the last six days.After the House was adjourned following ruckus by the opposition and treasury bench, the BJP legislators marched towards Naveen Nivas in search of Naveen Patnaik. This was in protest against the Chief Minister's absence in the Assembly.They sat on dharna in front of the Chief Minister's residence. They refused to budge even after persuasion from the ruling party MLAs and Ministers.However, they ended their dharna and agreed for a discussion over the paddy procurement issue after the Chief Minister came out of his residence to meet agitating BJP MLAs.Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has assured to chair an all-party meeting in a day or two to resolve the paddy procurement issues in the state, informed BJP deputy legislature party leader Bishnu Charan Sethi after meeting Patnaik at his residence with other BJP legislators.Leader of the Opposition Pradip Kumar Naik said normalcy can be restored in the House only after procurement of paddy."We asked the Chief Minister to bring normalcy in the House. It is your duty to run the House smoothly," said Naik.Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha informed that the discussion was fruitful and hoped that the House would function smoothly.Meanwhile, members of the Congress party staged a protest in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the Assembly premises demanding procurement of paddy from all farmers in the state.Notably, stalemate continued in the Odisha Assembly for the sixth consecutive day on Thursday.The opposition BJP and Congress MLAs created a ruckus in the well over irregularities in paddy procurement while the ruling BJD MLAs protested from their seats demanding an apology from BJP MLA Subash Chandra Panigrahi for attempting suicide in the house by consuming sanitizer last week.Speaker Surya Narayan Patro adjourned the proceedings till 12 p.m. and then till 4 p.m.( With inputs from IANS )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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