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‘Don’t want our villages under MC’: Sarpanchs of several panchayats submit memorandum as dissent grows

They asserted that 14 of the 15 panchayats are opposed to the merger and only the sarpanch of Balongi Colony is in favour of joining the corporation.

2 min readChandigarhDec 3, 2025 11:09 AM IST

Sarpanchs from Mohali block submitted a memorandum opposing the government's notification to merge 15 panchayats into the Mohali Municipal Corporation. (File)

Opposition is steadily growing against the government’s notification to include 15 panchayats of Mohali block within the Mohali Municipal Corporation (MC). On Tuesday, representatives from nearly a dozen villages gathered at village Mauli under the leadership of sarpanch Gursewak Singh. Following the meeting, they submitted a memorandum addressed to MLA Kulwant Singh at his office, where it was received by his son, councillor Sarabjit Singh Samana.

In their memorandum, the sarpanchs categorically stated that they do not want their villages merged with the MC. “Our panchayats have been efficiently managing development works. We do not wish to be brought under the MC,” the memorandum said. They warned that if their villages are not immediately removed from the corporation limits and the notification withdrawn “residents of all affected villages will have no option but to come out on the roads in protest”.

Those sarpanchs present during the submission of the memorandum included: Gursewak Singh (Mauli), Tarnjit Kaur (Chilla), Harmandeep Kaur (Chhappar Chhidi Kalan), Harjit Kaur (Chhappar Chhidi Khurd), Gurjinder Singh (Ballomajra), Satnam Singh (Balongi), Jaspreet Singh (Landran), Kuldeep Kaur (Lakhnour), Kanika Sharma (Sambhalki) and Parvinder Singh (Nanomajra).

The sarpanchs of Rudka and Kambali had already announced on Monday that they do not want their villages included in the MC jurisdiction. They asserted that 14 of the 15 panchayats are opposed to the merger and only the sarpanch of Balongi Colony is in favour of joining the corporation.

They alleged that the Department of Local Government failed to seek objections from any village before issuing the notification. When no panchayat passed a resolution seeking inclusion in the MC, why were we forcibly added, the sarpanchs questioned.

They argued that merging with the corporation would “wipe out the identity of the villages” and expressed apprehension that villagers dependent on livestock rearing would lose their livelihoods, while residents would be burdened with property tax and building plan fees. They further said that village shamlat land would automatically come under the corporation’s control.

Warning of an intensified agitation if the decision is not revoked, the sarpanchs added that they are prepared to challenge the notification in court.

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