August 15, 2024 • Makkal Adhikaram
When the village social activists questioned the officials about the corruption in Mel Nariappanar village of Chinnasalem block in Kallakurichi district, they could not answer. The panchayat president was also not there.
They say the account should be transparent to the people. But they say the panchayat account should be kept secret. There is no need to hold a panchayat for this. They can carry out joint robbery themselves. Why hold a panchayat election for this?
He gave me Rs 1,000 or Rs 500 and I was the president of the panchayat after bidding the villagers. Did they pick me up without knowledge? From the panchayat president to ward members, their question is?
But the question of activists? If Panchayat! How should it be? Shouldn’t its accounts be reported to the public? Without all this, the panchayat administration to carry out joint robbery? Who brought this law? Do you see how much the 100-day work scheme has completely destroyed agriculture? Nothing. He is the sarpanch of this village.
He belongs to the DMK party. If you ask for an account, the party does everything and I don’t know anything,” he said. What is the connection between the party and the gram panchayat? He has to work for the party! Why? The sarpanch of the village panchayat had spent more than Rs 6 lakh from the bank account between January and June.
This six lakhs is an expense account written in a period of about six months, what work did he do in it? He has shown an expenditure of more than Rs 3 lakh that he has cleaned the drain. This is how Union engineers have studied. Has this been approved? How has the District Engineer approved this approval? Block development has approved that all these calculations are correct and genuine. How is it that all of these accounts are audited and correct? What if the censor has done the audit? All of them are running the panchayat administration as a joint robbery scheme.
So social activists please file a case in the court that there is no need for panchayat elections anymore. Change the law so that these officials and panchayat presidents cannot loot these laws for us and conduct panchayat elections. That would be the right solution. If not! Every village and the suffering people of Tamil Nadu are struggling to explain this agony. This is a very important issue that social activists are saying.
The High Court or the Supreme Court can even take suo motu cognizance of the issue. That’s how much the villagers suffer. Will the court come forward? Will the country be free from this law? Village welfare activists, social welfare magazines and journalists who yearn for that.
