Panchayat Raj Bill: TDP leader Revuri Prakash Reddy urges KCR to hold all-party meet

Former minister and TDP senior leader Revuri Prakash Reddy has reacted strongly against the TRS government as he opposed the proposed panchayat raj bill that allows the indirect election of sarpanch by ward members of the village.

Accusing the state government of diluting the Panchayat Raj system, he urged Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to hold an all-party meeting to discuss the issue.

Addressing the media in Warangal on Sunday, Prakash Reddy alleged that the move is aimed at ensuring the victory of TRS candidates in the upcoming local body elections but added that the bill was against the spirit of the 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution which accord a lot of freedom to local bodies instead the political uncertainty would rise with the implementation of the bill.

He further pointed out that election is direct and on non-party basis along with the no provision to remove a sarpanch in the present Act even if he indulges in irregularities in the present scenario but the new bill would have the provision to remove the sarpanch through a no-confidence motion.