Uttarakhand Congress has raised objection over the State Government’s decision to hand over the powers of releasing funds for the schemes under district plans to the district magistrates (DM) and Ministers in charges in the absence of district planning committees.
The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pritam Singh said that the decision taken by the state cabinet on Friday is impractical, anti democratic, dictatorial and would spawn corruption.
In a letter directed to the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the PCC chief said that the state government failed to conduct the elections of Panchayats on time due to which the district and village Panchayats are facing problems.
He said that the decision to hand over powers of district plan funds to the DMs and ministers amounts to murder of democracy.
He alleged that the decision of state cabinet is a conspiracy to swindle the funds of district plan. Singh added that the state cabinet took refuge in the Covid pandemic and promulgated an ordinance to appoint administrators in 105 vacant posts of Pradhans and paved way to nominate persons of their choices over the vacant 4951 posts of Panchayat representatives.
He alleged that the government is determined to stifle democracy in the Panchayats. Singh demanded that the cabinet decisions should be reversed immediately.
