Bhubaneswar, Sept. 22 -- Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy has rejected a notice submitted by the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) for a no-confidence motion against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state.

The CLP had submitted the notice for a no-confidence motion against the BJP government on the first day of the Monsoon Session of the Odisha Assembly on September 18.

The CLP had filed the notice for a no-confidence motion by citing the alleged failure of the BJP government in addressing the issues of crime against women, farm sector crisis, unemployment and exploitation of Dalits and Adivasi (tribal) people in the state.

The Congress party had urged the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the main opposition party in Odisha,...