Nabarangpur district Collector Kamal Lochan Mishra has declared three Sarpanches and 7 Ward Members as disqualified in Nabarangpur district.
Sources said in the last panchayat election, petitions were filed in the court of District Magistrate against them alleging them of having more than two children. The disqualified Sarpanches are Tulabati Santa of Chitabeda panchayat in Jharigaon block , Bhagaban Majhi of Dalabeda panchayat in Chandahandi block and Bhagwati Bhatra of Balenga panchayat in Kosagumuda block.
Similarly, the Ward members are Tapashwini Bhatt of Ward No. 1, Arjun Bhatra of Ward No. 2, Bhuban Bhatra of Ward No. 3 and Tulabati Muduli of Ward no. 9 of Taragaon Panchayat in Nabarangpur Block, and Dambur Mali of Ward No. 1 and Dhanmati Muduli of Ward no. 9 of Jagannathpur Panchayat in Nandahandi Block, Iswari Gouda of BM Semla Panchayat in Kosagumuda Block . District Panchayat Officer Shishir Kumar Pani said there is enough evidence that all Sarpanches and Ward members have more than 2 children.
Letters have been issued to the Naib Sarpanchs of the concerned Panchayats to take charge of Sarapanch where Sarpanches have been declared disqualified. A letter has been sent to the State Election Commissioner regarding the disqualification urging to conduct byelection in those places at an early date, added DPO Pani.