Alleging paddy procurement mismanagement, Cong walks out of Chhattisgarh assembly

RAIPUR: (Dec 15) The Congress on Monday boycotted proceedings of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly alleging large-scale mismanagement in paddy procurement by the state's BJP government.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Leader of the Opposition Charan Das Mahant and other Congress legislators moved an adjournment motion seeking a discussion on paddy procurement, claiming the government had failed to make proper arrangements.

The opposition party claimed farmers were facing trouble in getting tokens to sell their paddy, adding that paddy of farmers holding Forest Rights Certificates (FRCs) for land in forest areas was also not being procured.