Assam: BJP govt trying to sell BVFCL

Dibrugarh: The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) on Tuesday accused the BJP government in the state of trying to ‘sell’ the Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Company Limited (BVFCL).

Briefing the media in Dibrugarh, AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi said, “This BJP government is trying to sell Namrup to BVFCL. The government had promised to set up a fourth plant in Namrup. , but till date nothing has happened. Now, through disinvestment, the government is planning to sell BVFCL to a private party.

“After many assurances, the government failed to set up the BVFCL fourth unit. In 2018, the Center approved in principle the proposal to set up the fourth unit at an estimated cost of Rs 4,500 crore. But till date nothing has been done. gone,” said the Assam Jatiya Parishad chief.

“Once considered among the best and most profitable fertilizer industries in the country, BVFCL, which was established in 1969, is struggling for survival due to decline in production over the years,” Gogoi said. Gogoi said.
“Small tea farmers are the backbone of the tea industry in Assam. They produce 50% of the tea production in Assam. But the government has failed to fix the price of tea leaves,” Gogoi added.