Mahapanchayat tomorrow: Demands not met, 360 villages of Delhi to decide whether to boycott polls
Under 'Gaon Dehat Bachao Yatra' campaign, village panchayats are looking to get civic issues they face resolved.
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“Many issues are pending, including land reforms, house tax and compensation against land acquired by the government,” said Chaudhury Surender Solanki, head of Palam 360 Khap. (Representative image)Demands regarding land reforms and compensation, among others, not resolved, voters in all the 360 villages of Delhi are set to participate at a mahapanchayat to be held at Northwest Delhi on Sunday to decide whether to boycott the upcoming Assembly elections or vote for only one particular party.
Under ‘Gaon Dehat Bachao Yatra’ campaign, village panchayats are looking to get civic issues they face resolved. “Many issues are pending, including land reforms, house tax and compensation against land acquired by the government,” said Chaudhury Surender Solanki, head of Palam 360 Khap.
“Whatever strategy we decide upon, we will take a call collectively and act as one unit in the elections,” he added.
Solanki said they have met AAP national convener and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, but did not get any relief. He added that after they met L-G V K Saxena, “three or four issues were resolved”.
“Issues related to mutation of land, release of money in connection to Dilli Gramodaya Abhiyan, abolition of the requirement to get NOC (no objection certificate) from DDA (Delhi Development Authority) to get an electric meter installed and Gram Sabha land being handed over to private institutions, have been resolved,” said Solanki.
He maintained that the government is yet to allot alternative plots in lieu of the land it had acquired from villagers since the early 2000s. He also alleged that land belonging to the village gram sabhas has been taken over by the government in the name of urbanisation of villages, but at present, “the condition of the villages is like slums”.
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