Bhubaneswar: The ongoing farmers’ agitation demanding Pride, Prestige and Pension is likely to get a major boost as noted social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare will visit Odisha to join hands in fight for the rights of farmers in State.
Officials of Navnirman Krushak Sangathan, the frontal organization spearheading the farmers’ cause on Thursday informed that Anna Hazare will be attending a farmers rally in Jagatsinghpur district on November 23.
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The outfit has called for a farmers’ convention at Jagatsinghpur and over 20,000 farmers from across Odisha are expected to participate in the agitation.
The Navnirman Krushak Sangathan is demanding that the Centre should accept the proposal submitted by Odisha Assembly House Committee for increasing the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy to 2,930.
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