Southern States - Andhra Pradesh   

Minister, MLA taste people's wrath

By Our Staff Reporter

MULUG (WARANGAL DT.) JAN. 6. The Major Irrigation Minister, Kadiam Srihari, the MLA, E Dayakar Rao, and others had a bitter experience at two villages during the Janmabhoomi programme. At one village, the people opposed the conduct of gram sabha as the village did not witness any development.

The public representatives accompanied by the officials reached the Devagiripeta in Mulug mandal. As soon as the meeting began, scores of people raised slogans and sought to know what the development in the village was. Despite repeated requests of the Minister, the unrelenting gathering went on disrupting the proceedings.

During the course of meeting, the proceedings were disturbed by angry villagers. When Mr. Dayakar Rao began his speech, he was prevented. The contention of the villagers was only the TDP activists were benefited who pocketed the money meant for various works such as roads, agricultural wells and the Food-for-work programme. "The sarpanch and MPTC members are corrupt. They did not spend the money,'' they said.

At one point, Kadiam Srihari asked the gathering to select one among and put forward their argument. One S Subba Reddy said there was development in the constituencies represented by the TDP whereas in Mulug, being represented by Congress, not a single work was sanctioned during past many years.

The villagers remained unappeased and irate Minister said they would leave the village without conducting the gram sabha. He wanted them to sit through the meeting and promised them to give a chance to speak. However, they said it was not Gram Sabha, but a Telugu Desam Party meeting.

At Buddharam village in Ghanpur mandal, the villagers chose to leave as soon as the officials began their speech. They were made to wait for more than two hours. Despite plea, half of the gathering left the venue. Later, the TDP workers closed down the gate of ZP public school, the venue of the gram sabha. Women who attended the meeting described the speeches as stereotype.

Meanwhile, armed members of Janashakti asked a group of officials to accompany them into forests in Lingala Ghanpur where they held discussions for over two hours. They gave a list of demands on various developmental works. In several other villages, the extremists were sending slips through villagers not to conduct gram sabha.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Southern States

News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary |

Stories in this Section

• TRS calls for Telangana State
• Students devise novel method to prevent accidents
• Tourism festival from Jan. 31
• Tearful farewell to slain constables
• CM asks tribals to assert themselves
• `Imported silk ruining ryots'
• Three naxals killed in `encounter'
• A high-profile pat for villagers who stood up to naxals
• Minister, MLA taste people's wrath
• We will hunt down naxals, says DGP

Copyright © 2003, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu