BHUBANESWAR: The 3 major political events - BJD, BJP and Congress - staged demonstrations on Monday blaming every different for the farmers' plights, an afternoon ahead of the state meeting reconvenes for the iciness session on Tuesday.
The BJD staged demonstration near Raj Bhawan searching for hike in minimal enhance price (MSP) of paddy via the Centre from Rs 1,550 to Rs 2,930 according to quintal. The BJP workers tried to barge into the secretariat pressing for early disbursal of compensation to farmers affected by calamities, identity of sharecroppers and waiver of farm loans. A Congress workforce additionally met the governor and submitted a memorandum searching for hike in MSP to Rs 3,000 according to quintal and build up in enter subsidy three times.
The traumatic political actions come in the backdrop of at least dozen farmers committing suicide allegedly over crop loss because of drought, pest assault and premature rain. The 3 events have announced that they're going to carry the problem in the meeting too.
BJD vice-president Debi Prasad Mishra mentioned his celebration will intensify its agitation across the state unless the Centre accepts the meeting's unanimous solution handed on March 25 to hike the MSP for paddy to Rs 2,930 according to quintal. In a memorandum addressed to President Ram Nath Kovind and submitted to governor S C Jamir, the BJD deplored the Centre's decision to hike MSP from 1,470 according to quintal closing 12 months to Rs 1,550 this 12 months. Police detained round 100 BJP leaders, together with state BJP president Basanta Panda and celebration's legislature celebration chief KV Singhdeo, for round two hours while a saffron celebration rally tried to barge into the secretariat to put up a memorandum to chief minister Naveen Patnaik.
There used to be a minor scuffle when the BJP workers tried to break the police barricade on Sachivalaya Marg. "Our peaceful rally was to demand timely compensation for the farmers and waiver of farm loan. However, the government used brute police force to suppress us. Our fights will continue. The issue will be raised in the assembly," mentioned Basanta Panda.
A delegation of the Congress celebration took out a march to the Governor's House and submitted a memorandum to Jamir. "We demanded that the Centre should hike the MSP to Rs 3,000 per quintal and increase government assistance to farmers hit by calamities by three times," mentioned Amiya Patnaik, chairman of Congress Krushak Morcha that led the Congress workforce.
The executive pays Rs 6,800 according to hectare to farmers in unirrigated spaces and Rs 13,500 according to hectare in irrigated spaces in case of calamities from the National Disaster Relief Fund and the State Disaster Relief Fund. The Samajwadi Party, state unit, has announced to stage dharna outside the meeting on Tuesday in opposition to Centre's stand on MSP.
Officials estimate presentations more than 3.84 lakh hectare of crop used to be broken because of premature rain. While drought ruined crops in 3.15 lakh hectare, brown planthopper broken paddy on 1.28 lakh hectare.
The BJD staged demonstration near Raj Bhawan searching for hike in minimal enhance price (MSP) of paddy via the Centre from Rs 1,550 to Rs 2,930 according to quintal. The BJP workers tried to barge into the secretariat pressing for early disbursal of compensation to farmers affected by calamities, identity of sharecroppers and waiver of farm loans. A Congress workforce additionally met the governor and submitted a memorandum searching for hike in MSP to Rs 3,000 according to quintal and build up in enter subsidy three times.
The traumatic political actions come in the backdrop of at least dozen farmers committing suicide allegedly over crop loss because of drought, pest assault and premature rain. The 3 events have announced that they're going to carry the problem in the meeting too.
BJD vice-president Debi Prasad Mishra mentioned his celebration will intensify its agitation across the state unless the Centre accepts the meeting's unanimous solution handed on March 25 to hike the MSP for paddy to Rs 2,930 according to quintal. In a memorandum addressed to President Ram Nath Kovind and submitted to governor S C Jamir, the BJD deplored the Centre's decision to hike MSP from 1,470 according to quintal closing 12 months to Rs 1,550 this 12 months. Police detained round 100 BJP leaders, together with state BJP president Basanta Panda and celebration's legislature celebration chief KV Singhdeo, for round two hours while a saffron celebration rally tried to barge into the secretariat to put up a memorandum to chief minister Naveen Patnaik.
There used to be a minor scuffle when the BJP workers tried to break the police barricade on Sachivalaya Marg. "Our peaceful rally was to demand timely compensation for the farmers and waiver of farm loan. However, the government used brute police force to suppress us. Our fights will continue. The issue will be raised in the assembly," mentioned Basanta Panda.
A delegation of the Congress celebration took out a march to the Governor's House and submitted a memorandum to Jamir. "We demanded that the Centre should hike the MSP to Rs 3,000 per quintal and increase government assistance to farmers hit by calamities by three times," mentioned Amiya Patnaik, chairman of Congress Krushak Morcha that led the Congress workforce.
The executive pays Rs 6,800 according to hectare to farmers in unirrigated spaces and Rs 13,500 according to hectare in irrigated spaces in case of calamities from the National Disaster Relief Fund and the State Disaster Relief Fund. The Samajwadi Party, state unit, has announced to stage dharna outside the meeting on Tuesday in opposition to Centre's stand on MSP.
Officials estimate presentations more than 3.84 lakh hectare of crop used to be broken because of premature rain. While drought ruined crops in 3.15 lakh hectare, brown planthopper broken paddy on 1.28 lakh hectare.
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