The Law Minister was seen replying to questions of some ruling party MLAs, but the protest by BJD members continued unabated. Speaking to media persons, BJD chief whip Pramila Mallik said, “The Panchayati Raj system has been dismantled. It then hatched several conspiracies to weaken the Panchayati Raj system. She slammed the state government for delegating the powers vested in elected representatives at the grassroots level to government officers, such as the Block Development Officer. Notably, the BJD had earlier announced to stage a gherao of the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday.