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Raising the contented of alleged mismanagement successful paddy procurement, the Opposition Congress connected Monday (December 15, 2025) boycotted the proceedings of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.
The Opposition MLAs, including person of the Opposition Charandas Mahant and erstwhile Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel raised the contented and alleged that the process of selling the nutrient had go analyzable for the farmers.
During treatment successful the Zero Hour, Mr. Baghel alleged that the authorities did not privation to procure paddy astatine all. The Opposition moved an adjournment question seeking a treatment connected paddy procurement, claiming the authorities had failed to marque due arrangements.
“If things spell incorrect with the paddy procurement system, past the finances of the farmers volition beryllium ruined for a full twelvemonth and their aboriginal would beryllium ruined arsenic well,” said Mr. Baghel.
From farmers facing occupation successful getting tokens to merchantability their paddy and the troubles the farmers are facing with the caller online system, the Opposition flagged respective issues and demanded a elaborate treatment by admitting the adjournment motion. Later, connected the taxable of tokens, Congress MLAs cited the illustration of a husbandman named Manbodh allegedly attempting aft failing to person a token.
Speaker Raman Singh allowed a treatment connected the admissibility of the motion.
Congress members alleged that the standard of mismanagement and the problems faced by farmers since the opening of the play were unprecedented and had not been witnessed successful the past 25 years.
They claimed that successful erstwhile years, information of farmers who had sold paddy successful the preceding play was automatically carried forward, eliminating the request for caller registration astatine cooperative societies.
In his reply, State’s Food and Civil Supplies Minister Dayaldas Baghel informed the location that paddy procurement was being carried retired smoothly done 2,739 procurement centres crossed the State and that strict monitoring was successful spot to forestall amerciable proscription of paddy.
He said husbandman registration for Kharif Marketing Year 2025–26 is being done done the Integrated Farmer Portal and the AgriStack portal, and truthful acold 27.40 lakh farmers person registered, compared to 25.49 lakh past year, an summation of astir 7.5 per cent.
On the contented of tokens, helium said the authorities has introduced a 24-hour token installation done the “Tuhar Token” app for the existent season. “So far, 17.24 lakh tokens person been issued, enabling procurement of 87 lakh tonnes of paddy, and farmers tin get tokens up to 20 days successful advance,” helium said.
After the Minister’s reply, Speaker Mr. Singh disallowed the adjournment notice. At this, Mr. Mahant claimed the Minister’s connection was incorrect and that the Opposition was not satisfied with the response. Following this, Congress members boycotted the proceedings and staged a walkout from the House.
