India, May 22 -- Walkouts and sloganeering by opposition MLAs marked Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya's address to the first session of the newly elected Assembly on Thursday.

Acharya was addressing the House on the second day of the session when Congress legislators raised slogans against inflation and staged a walkout, carrying placards highlighting the rise in prices of LPG cylinders and fuel.

Lone Raijor Dal MLA Akhil Gogoi also shouted slogans against price rise inside the House during the governor's address.

In his speech, Acharya referred to austerity measures necessitated by the ongoing Iran-US-Israel conflict, issues relating to border security and infiltration, and appealed to the banned United Liberation Front of Asom-...