Bhubaneswar, May 12: Security personnel today forcibly removed Congress and BJP scheduled caste and scheduled tribe MLAs who had been demonstrating outside chief minister Naveen Patnaik's chamber at the Assembly demanding implementation of Odisha Reservation of Vacancies (ORV) Act.

The security personnel removed the 14 MLAs moments before Naveen reached the Assembly and headed to his chamber this morning.

Newspersons were not allowed to cover the eviction of the MLAs. The protesting MLAs then sat outside the Speaker's chamber and later demonstrated under the Speaker's podium in the House.

They said that the state government had announced through a notification on June 1, 2015, that it would provide 38.75 per cent reservation to SC and ST students in higher education institutions. But, it was not being implemented in medical and engineering colleges.

"Because of non-implementation of the decision during 2015-16, thousands of SC and ST students had been deprived of their legitimate rights," said BJP MLA Rabi Nayak. Other agitating MLAs included Krishna Chandra Sagaria, Prafulla Majhi, Jogesh Kumar Singh and Duryodhan Majhi.

At present, 20 per cent seats are reserved for SC and ST students in these institutions. But if the enhanced reservation quota is implemented, reservation for SC candidates will climb to 16.25 per cent and 22.5 per cent for ST students.

The MLAs said they would continue their protest inside the Assembly till their demands were met.

"The government cannot stifle our voice," said Nayak.

Speaker Niranajan Pujari, who termed any agitation inside the Assembly illegal, appealed to the MLAs to end their protest and take part in the proceedings of the House.

Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra said: "Using force against the MLAs inside the Assembly is undemocratic and unprecedented."

BJD spokesperson Pratap Jena said the security personnel had been forced to intervene because the MLAs took the law into their hands.

The SC and ST MLAs also demanded that the reservation policy be implemented in the private sector. The Speaker deputed tribal welfare minister Sudam Marandi and SC and ST development minister Lal Bihari Himrika to talk to the agitating MLAs to break the impasse.

However, the talks did not yield any results.

Marandi told the agitating MLAs: "Coaching facilities have been provided to the SC and ST students so that they can do well in medical and engineering entrance examinations. The demand for 38.75 per cent reservation for the SC and ST students is being considered."

The Assembly failed to do normal business for the eight consecutive day today with pandemonium prevailing and Opposition members storming the well demanding a statement from the chief minister on the issue of Rs 8 crore having been deposited in the BJD's account on a single day.

They are also demanding the sacking of Justice M.M. Das who is heading the commission probing the money deposit collection scam for his remarks against depositors.

The Speaker was repeatedly forced to adjourn the proceedings.

In the afternoon, Opposition leader Mishra called upon the Speaker to try and restore normality.

"The government should be magnanimous and agree to a discussion with an open mind. The Speaker should intervene to restore normality in the House."

He also wrote a letter to the Speaker accusing the ruling party members of disturbing the House and preventing Opposition members from having their say whenever the government was criticised.