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Asia 18/03/2016

India : Tensions over Odisha potato crisis escalate

Indian ministers are placing the blame on each other as potato prices in Odisha continue to soar. On Saturday 12 March, the State Government was criticised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress for its failure to bring down the prices.

Meanwhile, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders and ministers are blaming each other over the issue while some are passing the buck to the bureaucrats.

The BJD also pulled up ministers for quarrelling in public instead of taking steps to resolve the crisis. “Ministers should not try to wriggle out of the situation by blaming the bureaucrats,” BJD spokesperson Pratap Jena said.

Jena was referring to the statement of Cooperation Minister Damodar Rout on Friday that the callousness of the bureaucrats was responsible for the situation. Stating that there has to be proper coordination between Agriculture, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare and Cooperation departments, Jena said Ministers should take responsibility to bring down the price of potato.

While Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy claimed that potato production was “not” less than estimated, Minister of State for Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Sanjay Dasburma said there has been 30 per cent less production of potato due to climate change.

The budget session of the Odisha Assembly slated to begin on March 15 is likely to be stormy with both Congress and BJP ready to corner the BJD government over a host of issues.

The opposition parties are expected to raise issues like the potato crisis and farmer suicides. Though the BJD government promised to give priority to agriculture and irrigation in view of suicides by drought-hit farmers, due to crop loss and debt burden, no concrete step was taken to mitigate the plight of farmers, Congress leaders said.

Sources: thestatesman.com, business-standard.com, newindianexpress.com

Fuente: http://www.freshplaza.com/article/154908/Tensions-over-Odisha-potato-crisis-escalate


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