Paddy Procurement: Odisha Govt In Dock After Ex-BJD MP Admits Flaws | OTV News

Bhubaneswar: The current acknowledgement of assorted flaws within the paddy procurement by a former MP of the ruling-BJD appears to have added gas to the continued protest of the farmers, sending the Odisha authorities right into a tizzy.
Recently, former BJD MP Kalikesh Singh Deo reportedly admitted mismanagement within the paddy procurement and wrote to the involved State minister to resolve the problems of the farmers on the earliest.
In a letter to meals provides and client welfare minister Ranendra Pratap Swain, the parliamentarian wrote, “During my visit to various PACS in Bolangir, I found that a number of farmers have not managed to sell their produce due to low targets being sanctioned.”
The MP requested the minister to offer a further goal of 30,000 MT to Bolangir to keep away from misery sale of paddy by the farmers to middlemen at low value.
Besides, Singh Deo additionally identified technical glitches within the paddy procurement by a sequence of tweets.
“It seems that the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department paddy procurement website has many glitches. All nominee farmers including me are unable to do sell due to technical issues. Wonder why govt is forcing farmers to bear the inconvenience,” he wrote.
Moreover, chatting with media he stated, “In Bolangir, the paddy procurement target was 60 to 65 lakh quintal last year but the target is half this year. Various problems are being seen in the paddy procurement due to lack of coordination between farmers and millers. Besides, glitches in the token system are also responsible for this to some extent.”
He additionally went on to focus on the Centre for not releasing funds for subsidy of paddy procurement.
The admission of flaws by the MP of the ruling occasion made floor for the Opposition to garget the federal government. The Congress legislative occasion chief Narasingha Mishra demanded resignation of minister Ranendra Pratap Swain and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the difficulty.
“The allegations by the former MP of Bolangir implies that the ruling BJD has admitted the fault in the paddy procurement. As the concerned minister and chief minister are answerable to the public for this fault, they must resign from their respective posts immediately,” stated Congress chief Narasingha Mishra.
Meanwhile, the 72 hours ultimatum given by BJP to the State authorities goes to finish tomorrow. So the saffron occasion is planning to accentuate the stir.
“As the 72 hours deadline given to the State government will end tomorrow, an important meeting of BJP is scheduled for the day in Sambalpur. We will take some major decisions in this regard. The government must take measures to procure all the paddy of the farmers. Otherwise, the government must remain prepared to face the massive protest in coming days,” stated President of State President of BJP Krushak Morcha.

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