India, Jan. 27 -- The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee has announced its support for the Odisha Bandh called by Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) on January 28.

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhakta Charan Das said the party has decided to back the bandh call as it highlights several issues affecting common people across the state.

Issues behind the bandh The bandh has been called to protest alleged mismanagement in the statewide paddy procurement process. Other issues include heavy fines being imposed on vehicle owners in the name of pollution certificates, and what Congress describes as arbitrary decisions on electricity tariffs.

The Congress has also been agitating across Odisha against the scrapping of the Mahatma Gan...