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BJP urges Govt. to go slow on new village set-up
By Our Special Correspondent
HYDERABAD, DEC. 8. The State unit of the BJP has urged the Government not to rush with the new system of village administration, but to convene meeting of political parties, bureaucrats, experts in panchayati raj system and non-governmental organisations to discuss pros and cons.
Talking to reporters here on Saturday, Mr. N. Indrasena Reddy, floor leader in the Assembly, said the proposed move to revamp would radically alter the complexion of the village set-up. It could not be pushed through just because it was a fancy concept of the Chief Minister. It should at least be tried as a pilot project, maybe in one village in each mandal, for one year and then extended to the rest of the villages depending on its success.
Mr. Indrasena Reddy recalled how in the early 80s the Telugu Desam had brought about sweeping changes by dispensing with the `hated' system of `karanams' and police patels. Several parties had welcomed the decision, but the old order was disbanded with an alternative set-up.
In the past, he said the police patel knew every individual, even a beggar, entering or leaving the village or even transiting through. Today one had no knowledge if ``an ISI agent or a naxalite'' took shelter in a village.
MCH Reservations: Mr. Indrasena Reddy termed ``unrealistic and illogical'' the latest Government order setting about reservations for the elections to the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad. For some communities, it relied on the 1991 census and for some others on the voter list for the 1999 Assembly elections.
In the bargain, some sections stood to lose. For instance, the quota for SCs and STs today was less than that in 1986. Mr. Reddy suggested that the Government determine the quotas on the basis of the 2001 census figures now available.
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