Bhopal, Dec 5, : One day after Madhya Pradesh Election Commission announced dates for three-tier Panchayat elections within the state, the Congress’ state unit attacked the ruling BJP government, accusing it not of following the Constitutional rules.The Congress stated that the state government had not followed the mandatory constitutional rules of changing the rotation in reservation seats after five years of tenure.
The Congress stepped up its attack and asked why panchayat elections were being held in 2021-22 on reservation of 2014.
The Congress expressed concern about this issue and accused the BJP not to comply with a set rules that suppress the democratic rights of citizens.
“We have been demanding that Panchayat election in the state be held as soon possible, but it seems that the government is scared and doesn’t want to conduct these elections,” Kamal Nath, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and chief of the state Congress, said.
The Congress insists that fresh elections should be held in accordance with the new rotation and reservation policy of seats.
It is ready to knock on the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s door Monday.
Vivek Tankha, a senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MEP, said to IANS: “Many people have already opposed the state government’s move.The Constitutional rights of individuals are completely violated by conducting elections without a rotation in reservation.Many petitions have been filed at the High Court benches.
A new petition will be filed by the Jabalpur High Court bench on Monday.
Tankha said that panchayat elections in MP were being conducted under bizarre legal circumstances, completely disregarding the constitution process and provision.
The ordinance passed by state government was a threat for the public.
Digvijaya, a veteran Congress leader and former chief minister of the MPs, was the first to voice concern about this matter shortly after the election schedule was announced on Saturday.
Due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the elections for Panchayat bodies of the state are currently in limbo since March 2020.
In three phases, polling will take place for 859 district panchayat posts in 52 districts, 6,727 Janpad Panchayats posts, Sarpanch of 22,581 village Panchayats and 3,621,754 Panch members posts.
The first phase will see 6,283 village panchayats, and 85 Janpad Panchayats in nine districts go to the polls on January 6, 2022.On January 28, the second phase will see the election for 110 Janpad Panchayats as well as 8,015 village Panchayats in seven districts.
Singh stated that the third phase of the election for 8,397 village Panchayats as well as 118 Janpad Panchayats in 36 districts will take place on February 16.
The process for submitting nominations for the first phase and second phase will begin in December 13.
According to the state Election Commission, approximately 15,863 booths were classified as “sensitive”, while 6,233 were identified as “very sensitive”, Singh stated.
In 2015, elections were held for 3,91,066 positions at different levels in the panchayat system.
The tenure of these elected representatives ended March 2020.Separate elections will be held for the 114 village panchayats, whose tenure ends after March 2022.
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