Panchayat Raj Amendment Bill-2013 will thwart decentralization of power : DVS

Mangalore Today News Network

Kundapur, july 2, 2013 :  “ The Congress government in Karnataka has been implementing anti-people policies right from day  one, either due to over confidence or because  it intends to play politics of revenge,” alleged  BJP National Vice President and former chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda.

 

 

 

 

He was participating a protest organised by the BJP members of gram panchayats in Kundapur against the Karnataka Panchayat Raj(Amendment) Bill-2013. Gowda said though the Bill has been passed in the Legislative Assembly, the BJP will not allow it to be repeated in the Legislative Council. Describing the amendment to the Bill as destructive, he said it comes in the way of decentralization of power to the rural level. He even pointed out that the amended Bill seeks to vest the powers to disqualify GP chiefs failing to convene Gram Sabhas at least twice a year,  with the regional commissioners.

He stressed the need for a statewide protest against the amended bill and said the GP members from all over the state should take to the streets.

Kota Srinivas Poojari, former minister, Udaykumar Shetty, District BJP Chief, Tingale Vikramarjuna Hegde, Kishore Kumar and other party leaders participated in the protest.