Three back to back meetings have been called by the Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on November 5 to seek support from opposition parties as well as from farmers’ bodies of the state on paddy procurement issue.
All the three meetings will be held at Mahanadi Bhavan (secretariat) in Nava Raipur.
Official sources informed that the first meeting called by Baghel would be with Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Members of the state.
Cutting across the party lines, the CM would try to convince leaders of all the political parties to get united for a cause which was in state’s interest and was in interest of farmers of the state.
Followed by it, he has convened an all-party meeting and had invited office bearers of political parties in the state. The third and final meeting will be on the same day would be with the various farmers bodies.
Baghel in the meeting will try to explain the opposition leaders as well as office bearers of farmers bodies to keep aside the differences and come forward to support the state governments stand of providing Rs 2500 per quintal Minimum Support Price for which the Centre had denied the permission.
He had already appealed the rival parties to support his demand on paddy issue in interest of the farmers.