SriLanka, April 30 -- A stormy session unfolded in the Odisha Assembly as Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik launched a sharp attack on the state government, highlighting a shocking incident where a woman's skeletal remains had to be exhumed and presented to a bank to prove her death.

Raising the issue during a special session convened to discuss the Constitutional Amendment Bill (131st Amendment), Patnaik said the incident reflected "complete administrative apathy and insensitivity" towards women. According to him, despite repeated requests by the deceased woman's brother, officials allegedly refused to process bank formalities without proof of death, forcing the family to take the extreme step of carrying her skeletal remains to the b...