Sit-in demands Panchayat election
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, March 22 2024:
Demanding conduct of Panchayat election at the earliest possible, people of Top Naoriya Gram Panchayat staged a sit-in demonstration at of Eastern Youth Constructive Association (EYCA) community at Kongba Kshetri leikai on Friday.
During the sit-in, the participants held placards inscribed "Panchayati Raj Act cannot be violated in Manipur," "Government should conduct Panchayat elections at the earliest," "Government should not violate the rights of the people", etc.
According to Laishram Kamini, formation of administrative committees to oversee functions of Gram panchayats without holding the Panchayat elections and replacing the elected Panchayat representatives are outright violation of rights of the people.
Intense agitations would be launched if authority concerned do not initiate process for holding Panchayat elections within short notice, Kamini cautioned.