PATNA: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the suggestion of the panchayati raj section to issue an ordinance for creation of both panchayat advisory committee (PAC) in most of the panchayats to manage developmental tasks in the village level as projections into some three-tier panchayati raj bodies are unlikely to be held until June 15.
The government has sent the draft of this proposed ordinance to governor Phagu Chauhan because of his assent.
“After the governor gives his assent, the ordinance will be instantly notified and its execution begins,” an origin from the panchayati raj division stated.
“The issuance of this ordinance became crucial since panchayat elections could be postponed from the nation.
The whole procedure of the elections needed to be performed before or by June 15, which isn’t possible under the current conditions,” the source added.
An official at the country cabinet secretariat department stated the specifics of the proposition cannot be shown at this phase.
“They will probably be understood only after the Bible gives his assent to the proposition,” the official added.
It’s discovered that the advisory committees will probably be reverted and include MLAs in addition to elected representatives of their incoming panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads.
The country includes over 8,000 panchayats and 38 zila parishads.
The elections into the three-tier panchayati raj institutions couldn’t be held this season since the State Election Commission needed it to be performed throughout the EVMs, however also the Election Commission of India (ECI) remained non-committal on source of EVMs.
The issue went into the courtroom.
Further, a few political parties needed the panchayat elections to be stored to the party traces.
Ever since the establishment of these panchayats came to being, the various state authorities avoided carrying the elections on party lines.
Incidentally, because the 1978 panchayat elections which has been marred by large scale violence, the elections may be held in 2001.
But below the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government, the panchayat elections have been held in 2006, 2011 and 2016.
The Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) leader and former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi has thanked CM Nitish Kumar for the conclusion of the authorities to install PACs.