In Karnataka, Malligawad villagers boycott polls again
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On Sunday, whereas the remainder of the villages within the taluk had been witnessing heavy turnout for polling, the residents of Malligawada staged an illustration after asserting that they had been again boycotting the ballot.
The residents of Malligawad village in Hubballi taluk of Dharwad district, boycotted the election again to register their protest in opposition to what they time period as defective gram panchayat restructuring train due to which their village was disadvantaged of being named a gram panchayat.
The village has six gram panchayat seats and the residents of the village had boycotted the gram panchayat elections in 2015 too. Subsequently though the by-elections had been declared for the six seats, the village residents again had boycotted them.
On Sunday, whereas the remainder of the villages within the taluk had been witnessing heavy turnout for polling, the residents of Malligawada staged an illustration after asserting that they had been again boycotting the ballot.
Their most important grouse is that their village ought to have been made a Gram Panchayat headquarters throughout the restructuring of gram panchayats, which led to creation of latest gram panchayats. The village has a inhabitants of over 2,000.
“When the new gram panchayat was created out of Umachagi and Malligawad villages, we expected our village to be the headquarters considering its population and the number of seats (six) it had compared to five in Umachagi village. However due to political pressure Umachagi was made gram panchayat headquarters”, mentioned C.V. Hiremath, a retired trainer.
Mr. Hiremath instructed the press individuals visiting the village on Sunday that they’d all of the services like a hospital, a financial institution inside one kilometre, and different fundamental facilities. “If we have to go the gram panchayat office, either we have to walk 7 kilometres or take the circuitous bus route of 14 kilometres. That too there is no proper bus facility. It is cumbersome for the residents every time they have a work in the panchayat office”, he mentioned.
The residents of Malligawad have already moved to the courtroom searching for panchayat headquarters for his or her village and remains to be pending earlier than the courtroom from the final 5 years. The residents have determined to boycott each election till their demand is met.
