Summary:
Acharya is also comparatively more acceptable among the farmers than Singh.The Rajya Sabha member was one of the key player behind party’s massive victory in Bijepur byelection earlier this year. He also led a delegation to Chhattisgarh in August 2016 to study the impact of construction over Mahanadi. During his stint as the state finance minister, Odisha introduced a separate agriculture budget in 2012-13 fiscal.“Our party and the BJD government has been working for the welfare of the farmers and we would continue our good works for them. “If the state government will not take a stand on farmers’ pension by January 31, it would be responsible for the law and order situation which will be created across Odisha,” said NNKS convener Akshaya Kumar. At a time when both Congress and BJP tried to wrest power from BJD by promising farm loan waiver, BJD government must take policy decisions to win confidence of farmers,” said a senior political analyst.Meanwhile, the Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS), a major farmers’ outfit took out a rally in the city demanding price, prestige and pension..