Diversion Of Panchayat Funds: BJP activists to stage protests at Collectorates tomorrow

VIJAYAWADA: BJP State president Daggubati Purandeswari has asked the party cadre to stage protests at the district Collectorates on Thursday on the issue of the diversion of grants provided to the village panchayats by the State government.

She alleged that the government was diverting the grants for other purposes and questioned how the village panchayats get funds to execute development works when they do not have any money.

She conducted audio and video conference with the party leaders on Tuesday and asked them to get prepared for the massive protests near the District Collectorates in the State on August 10. She said the Union government was allocating grants directly to the village panchayats but the State government was diverting the grants for other purposes.

She alleged that basic facilities were also not being provided in the villages due to lack of grants and income. She said the BJP will extend support to the sarpanches who had been fighting for the grants and opposing the policies of the State government.

She asked the senior party leaders to participate in the protests at the District Collectorates. She said that she would participate in the protest in Ongole.

Former Union minister Y Sujana Chowdary will participate in dharna in Vijayawada and BJP national secretary Y Satyakumar dharna in Vizag. Former BJP State president Somu Veerraju will take part in the dharna in Kakinada, former MLC Vakati Narayana Reddy in Guntur, BJP State secretary Vishnuvardhan Reddy in Tirupati, AP affairs co-incharge Sunil Deodhar in Hindupur and other leaders in different parts of the State.