Senior BJD leaders leader of the Bargarh Assembly in Western Odisha 18th August 2025. Photo: Special Arrangement
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday (August 18, 2025) took a massive rally in Bargarh, a prominent Western district of Odisha, emphasized agricultural problems and a complicated registration process for the upcoming public procurement process in the state.
The BJD leaders led the assembly and submitted a memorandum addressed to the president’s murm by the district collector. While BJD described this as an urgent step to emphasize the problems of farmers, political observers considered it an attempt to protect the support base of the party in the agricultural community.
“ODISH’s Government Guidelines for Registering Farmers in the Unpeeled Assigning Process In the 2025-26 kharif are complicated with complications and shortcomings. Farmers are now obliged to submit detailed family family signs, finish Aadhaar e-kyc for all family members and provide letters to make it to the main Hurll. The evidence to make them evidence to be recorded about the “login process”, which is in order to make them to the burden to sign on, “record processes” that are subject to record records, “recording processes”. said in a memorandum.
The party that claimed that the hidden government plan was “intentionally harass farmers and deprive them of registration”, “Under the pressure of the farmers’ protests, the government recently issued hasty instructions that the registration process would be simplified but not provided with complete data”.
BJD demanded immediate and detailed clarification of this matter. It claimed that the BJP government could not deal with crops insurance, which was supposed to benefit from farmers, but provided profits to private companies.
“Every year, farmers are forced to buy crop insurance. But when natural disasters such as drought, floods or cyclones occur, farmers are deprived of compensation due to complicated procedures. Correct assessment of losses and timely payments must be provided.
The BJD also identified the notorious practice of Catni-Chhatni (a reduction in prices based on grain quality) to recall that one of the promises of the BJP vote was to end practice. “Farmers are forced to give 10 to 20 kg unpeeled in the practice of Catni.
Both and BJP are working to consolidate their ground support before the elections of Panchayat from 2027. The farmers’ rally is considered an offer of BJD to face the growing influence of BJP in one of the largest bank banks of the state. After admission to power, the BJP increased the minimum support price for Paddy to 3,100 GBP per quintal, which significantly increased its position among farmers. In Western Odisha, where most people depend on agriculture, farmers form a key constituency and any problem that affects them quickly resonates in political discourse in the region.
Published – August 18, 2025 21:17
