Congress party has smelt a rat in paddy procurement at cooperative societies in Sarguja division of Chhatisgarh. The party recently staged a walk out from the state assembly protesting the scam, reports Press Trust of India.
Congress MLAs said, paddy from the bordering state was illegally sold at procurement centres of Surajpur and Balrampur-Ramanujgaj districts in Sarguja division of the state.
Following the announcement of a minimum support price for Kharif crop year 2016-17, managers of paddy procurement societies in several districts have showed paddy purchases from landless farmers, a source close to the opposition party was quoted saying.