Ranchi: Chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday assured the lawmakers on the floor of the House during the ongoing budget session that the government will set up more paddy procurement centres across the state.
Responding to a starred question asked by JMM’s Chaibasa legislator Dipak Birua on whether there are ample paddy procurement centres across the blocks, Soren said, “Our government is sensitive towards the farmers. I will direct all deputy commissioners to set up such centres over and above the existing ones on a need basis.”
Earlier in the day, BJP disrupted the Question Hour and Zero Hour by descending into the well to press for a debate on illegal stone quarrying and sand mining across Jharkhand. The opposition members began their protests after Speaker Rabindranath Mahto overruled an adjournment motion moved by BJP's Jamua MLA Kedra Hazar over the issue.