Odisha Assembly Adjourns Early After Just 11 Days
The Odisha Legislative Assembly adjourned its Winter Session sine die on Tuesday, cutting short proceedings after only 11 working days.
Originally scheduled to run until December 31, the session was closed early by Speaker Surama Padhy, leaving several debates and policy reviews unresolved.
The session began on November 27 with a historic moment when President Droupadi Murmu addressed the House — 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 allocations included 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.
Despite the promising start, the early adjournment reduced the planned 29 working days to less than half, raising questions about pending legislative business and policy discussions that will now remain incomplete.
