TNI Bureau: The Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) met at Naveen Niwas under the chairmanship of party president and Leader of the Opposition Naveen Patnaik, and decided to launch statewide agitations against the BJP government.

Senior leaders, including Debi Mishra, Niranjan Pujari, Pramila Mallik, Bikram Arukh, Pratap Jena, Pranab Prakash Das, Tukuni Sahu, Sanjay Das Burma, Sudam Marndi and Sasmit Patra, attended the meeting.

The PAC discussed six major issues, including farmers’ distress, law and order, women and youth welfare, public burden, unfulfilled election promises, and the Mahanadi river dispute. The party alleged that the BJP government failed to deliver on its promise of ₹3,100 per quintal for paddy procurement, citing that only 28 lakh metric tonnes had been procured against a target of 77 lakh.

BJD leaders also accused the government of rising crimes, irregularities in recruitment exams, failures in women-centric schemes like Subhadra Yojana, and imposing additional financial burdens through fines and electricity charges. The party said it would revive protests over the Mahanadi issue, calling the river Odisha’s lifeline.

The BJD announced coordinated protests from grassroots to state level, with a detailed agitation plan to be released within the next two days.