Tension erupted in the House when senior BJP lawmaker Jaynarayan Mishra rushed towards Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati. The House plunged into chaos as BJP and Congress members pushed one another. BJD members were also in the well but did not participate in the fight. This was the second day that the House witnessed turmoil amid protests by the opposition. The BJD MLAs also staged a sit-in in front of the Chief Minister’s chamber. They demanded a statement from Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi over Mr Mishra’s remark referring to the merger of erstwhile Koshala with Odisha in 1936 as a \”historical mistake\” The Congress MLAs agitated over the alleged increase in the crimes against women in the state. They launched a symbolic \”search\” for him on the assembly premises with a lantern. The Chief Minister has not come to the House for the last two days. The opposition BJD and Congress were protesting on separate issues.