Bhubaneswar, Sept. 18 -- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Vice President Prasanna Acharya on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the state government, highlighting its failure to address critical issues such as the acute shortage of fertilisers for farmers in Odisha.

Acharya also slammed the government over the worsening law and order situation, particularly the rising cases of atrocities against women.

Speaking to ANI, he stated, "There are certain burning topics now in the state, like the farmers' problem, there is an acute shortage of fertilisers, and we have been seeing that there are long queues of farmers at all PACs and other cooperative societies and even in the open market. But farmers are not able to get the required amount of fertili...