Thirteen out of sixteen ward members of Dura gram panchayat under Rangailunda block recently brought serious allegations of irregularities and corrupt practices against sarapanch lakshminarayan Patra.
They alleged that Sarapanch lakshminarayanPatra, who is having a dictatorial attitude in taking decisions on various welfare schemes, has arbitrarily disposed of several cases pertaining to Indira Awas Yojana, Biju Pacca Ghar Yojana, BPl, AAY, and PlO, including misappropriation of rice, wheat and old age pension under Arnnapurnna Yojana.
Besides, they said lakshminarayan Patra grossly misappropriated money in giving work order to the people of his choice and sycophants for vested interest.
The ward members are never consulted and as a result, the development work of the Dura panchayat has been affected badly, they said.
Fed up with his style of functioning, the ward members have decided to bring a no-confidence motion against the sarpanch, the memorandum pointed out.
They submitted a memorandum in this regard to the Sub-Collector and urged him to approve of the no-confidence motion and remove Patra from the post.
They also gave a copy of the memorandum to the district Collector.
Earlier, the aggrieved ward members convened a meeting presided over by Kunja Bihari Maharana at Kothaghar village and unanimously adopted a resolution in support of the no-confidence motion against thesarpanch.