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Odisha assembly set to be noisy as oppn to raise farmers' 'distress', Mahanadi water dispute issues
Opposition alleges low budget spending at 47% and government indifference to Mahanadi dispute while farmers' unrest escalates, planning robust Assembly protests and questions.
- With the Budget session starting Tuesday, the Opposition plans to corner the BJP in the Odisha Assembly using all parliamentary tools, as Naveen Patnaik said MLAs will question government failures.
- After month-long protests, district units report farmers' anger reaching a boiling point, while Naveen Patnaik said the double-engine government stays "busy with slogans and photo-opportunities" as farmers guard produce at state-run mandis.
- The BJD plans to raise alleged paddy procurement mismanagement, the Mahanadi river water dispute with Chhattisgarh, deteriorating law and order, and budget expenditure roughly 47 per cent till December.
- The ruling BJP asserted it is prepared for healthy discussion in the House, stating it will present all aspects of its 19-month record, Mukesh Mahaling said.
- Naveen Patnaik instructed BJD MLAs that `Our strategy must be clinical and relentless,` urging aggressive budget session tactics to safeguard farmers, women, students and Odia Asmita.
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Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (PTI) The Odisha assembly is likely to witness noisy scenes in the budget session that will commence from Tuesday, as the opposition BJD and Congress will raise a host of issues, such as alleged mismanagement of paddy procurement and Mahanadi water dispute, in the House. Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik, while addressing […]
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