Ranchi: The Jharkhand government is trying to deliver into a particular ordinance to prolong the tenure of their panchayat bodies at the country for the following six months contemplating the continuing Covid-19 pandemic that has averted the election, country rural growth goddess parliamentary affairs minister Alamgir Alam stated on Sunday.
You will find more than 4,000 panchayats from the country.
Alam explained,”The panchayat polls have been late as we could not maintain it in December a year ago due to the pandemic.
During January this year, the state authorities gave a full-scale expansion into the panchayat bodies to keep them functional.
However, by means of the next tide of Covid-19, we cannot maintain the election this moment, also.
According to the principles of the Panchayati Raj Act, there’s absolutely not any provision to offer a different expansion.
Thus, we’re considering to offer a different extension via a particular ordinance.” The present six-months expansion to the panchayat bodies may expire on July 15 and the state government must make the ordinance.
Sources said the problem is very likely to be consumed within another cabinet meeting meant to be held within the upcoming few days.
Alam stated if everything goes well, the government is trying to maintain the election from the yearlong as well as the preparation was initiated.
“Works such as delimitation and planning of their voter lists amongst others are already penalized from the state election commission,” he explained.
Before this past year, Alam held a meeting with his departmental officials to research chances of carrying the panchayat surveys and led the authorities concerned to prepare a alternative road map to maintain panchayat bodies functional.
“The government is setting in all attempts to maintain the panchayat bodies usable so that continuing development work in the grassroots isn’t hampered,” Alam added.
Govt to Expand tenure of panchayats: Alam
