GUWAHATI: Pandemonium broke out in Assam assembly as the opposition stalled proceedings in the wake of the North Cachar Hill Autonomous Council development fund scandal forcing the governor to curtail his customary address on the first day of the budget session today.
As governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik began his address, the entire opposition lead by Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) rose up to protest the non-inclusion of the scandal in the speech.
Leader of the Opposition and AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary waved placards alleging involvement of seven ministers in the scandal as reported by 'The Week' and urged the speaker Tanka Bahadur Rai to intervene in the 'serious matter'.
As Rai's repeated pleas urging the MLAs to be seated failed, he announced the speech of the governor was taken as read in the house barely a couple of minutes after start of proceedings.
The house was then adjourned for 30 minutes.
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