The Odisha Legislative Assembly adjourned its Winter Session sine die on Tuesday after completing only 11 working days.
Speaker Surama Padhy announced the decision and thereby closed a session that was originally scheduled to continue until December 31.
The session began on November 27 with a historic moment when President Droupadi Murmu addressed the House. Importantly, this marked the first time in Odisha’s legislative history that a sitting President of India delivered an address inside the Assembly.
On November 28, the state government presented a Supplementary Budget proposal of Rs 17,440 crore for the 2025–26 financial year. The BJP government allocated Rs 13,716 crore for programme expenditure, Rs 3,389 crore for administrative expenditure, Rs 171 crore for the disaster response fund, and Rs 164 crore under transfers from the state.
Although the Assembly had listed 29 working days for the session, the early adjournment reduced proceedings to less than half the planned duration. As a result, several discussions and legislative activities expected later in December will not take place.
The abrupt closure emphasised both the historic beginning of the session and the shortened legislative calendar. Consequently, it left questions about pending debates and policy reviews that now remain unresolved.
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