Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday made it clear that till panchayat elections are held, the old panchayats will continue to execute their works in the State. There will be no obstruction in the workings of Sarpanches, he added.
Dushyant said that due to Coronavirous, there is no intention of conducting Gram Panchayat elections in the State at present. If corona is controlled , the elections to the gram panchayats will be held in January-February next year, after the completion of the five-year time period of the old panchayants, he added.
The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the charge of Development and Panchayat Department, said that under the amended Panchayati Raj Act- 2020, the five-year period of Gram Panchayats in the State will start from the day the notification for the formation of the newly elected new Panchayat will be issued by the State Election Commission.
The entire panchayat will continue to function till the day the elections for the upcoming gram panchayats are announced.He said that neither power of sarpanchs will be withdrawn nor the panchayats will be dissolved before the completion of the five-year period from the date of notification of formation of the gram panchayat.