Bhubaneswar, Sept. 29 -- The Odisha unit of the INDIA bloc on Tuesday called for a state-wide bandh on October 8 to protest the MMDR (Amendment) Act, 2026, alleged irregularities in the electoral process, the state's education system and the government's handling of flood relief.
The bandh call was given at a massive 'Parivartan Rally' organised at Lower PMG Square here, where state-level leaders of the INDIA bloc staged a protest and gheraoed the Odisha Assembly, raising four major demands and announcing that the agitation would be intensified.
The leaders demanded complete repeal of the MMDR (Amendment) Act, 2026, alleging that the legislation amounted to central interference in Odisha's rights over its mineral resources and the revenue...