Odisha farmer outfit calls bandh for ‘price, prestige and pension’

State Congress chief Niranjan Patnaik tweeted: “Odisha Congress & I support the farmers of Odisha who have come on roads today, raising voice against the anti-farmers policies of CM… The farmers of our state today need the Guarantee of Congress and not the hoodwinking of BJD.”

Odisha BJP spokesperson Pitambar Acharya tweeted: “If #kalia addressed issues of the farmers which @Naveen_Odisha claims, why the farmers of Odisha discontented then?”

Speaking at a KALIA event in Bargarh, CM Naveen Patnaik said, “Some people have called for a bandh today. But no one can put a bandh on KALIA.”