The issue cropped up during the question hour as soon as the House commenced with the Janata Dal member Nalini Kanta Mahanty demanding that the question hour be cancelled for a discussion into the matter. The entire Opposition including the Biju Janata Dal, Janata Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party members stormed into the well of House when the Speaker expressed his inability to cancel the question hour.

Opposition members staged a dharna and shouted slogans even as the speaker tried to carry on the question hour. The house returned to normal when the Speaker announced that he would take up the matter during the zero hour.

Pandemonium prevailed during the Zero Hour with the Opposition membersdemanding a fullfledged discussion on the matter.