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Farmers want CM to resolve paddy purchase problems

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December 08, 2024

A day ahead of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's visit to the district to announce disbursal of input subsidy of ₹800 for paddy, farmers on Saturday staged dharna at Gandhi Chowk in Bargarh town to draw attention of the state government towards the issues affecting the procurement process in the region.

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Wearing black badges as a mark of protest, farmers under the banner of Jay Kisan Andolan, began the sit-in protest which continued for hours. Raising the slogan, 'Chaasi Kula Jawab Maage, Mukhyamantri Jawab Diya', farmers alleged the autocracy of millers and middlemen was still prevalent in several mandis of the district.

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