Bhubaneswar, July 14 (TIWN) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers on Thursday staged protest at the Odisha Assembly against Congress spokesperson Ajoy Kumar's alleged remarks on NDA presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu.

The issue was raised in the Assembly as soon as the House assembled for the question hour at 10.30 AM. The opposition BJP members raised anti-Congress slogans and trooped into the well of the House demanding apology from the Congress and passing of a censure motion against it for the alleged "defamatory" remarks against Murmu, a tribal woman leader from Odisha  The Congress members too rushed to the well and strongly opposed the BJP members for stalling the House proceedings over an issue not connected with the state.