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State government dissolves Hirebandady GP

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October 29, 2011

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Uppinangady, October 29: The Zilla Panchayat CEO has issued a notice stating that the State government in its gazette notification has directed to dissolve Hirebandady Gram Panchayat.

The Gram Panchayat will be dissolved from the date of gazette notfication. Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner's office has also sent a letter to the Gram Panachayat on October 10, urging to dissolve the Gram Panchayat under Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act as the Panchayat failed to function as per the Panchayat Raj Act.

The letter stated that Uppinangady Nada Kacheri Deputy Tahsildar has been appointed as the Administrator to the Hirebandady Gram Panchayat with immediate effect.

It may be recalled that on June 25, 2010, the new president and vice-president of Hirebandadi GP near Uppinangady took charge. It is more than one year now, but the Gram Panchayat has not yet seen general body meetings. The Zilla Panchayat in its general body meeting held under the presidentship of Shailaja Bhat on August 18 had decided to dissolve the Gram Panchayat.

In the meantime, Deputy Tahsildar visited the Gram Panchayat on Wednesday and asked the President to hand over the charge to him. However, the President has refused to hand over the charge as she is yet to receive the official order.

Speaking to Deccan Herald, Gram Panchayat President Geetha Dasaramoole said “The Gram Panchayat has received notice on dissolving the Gram Panchayat. However, neither me nor the GP members have received any official notification. We are elected representatives.

The district administration is trying hastily to take away our power. Once we get the order, I will hand over the power according to the law.” It is said that in the last one year, neither discussions on development work held nor have any government schemes implemented in the Gram Panchayat owing to lack of quorum.

During the election of the president and the vice-president, 'operation Kamala' was executed cleverly by the members. This led to politics of vengeance, which has affected the development work in the GP. There are 13 members in this GP, of which eight are BJP supported members and five Congress backed members. During the election, BJP members indulged in cross voting due to which the Congress came to power. As a result, no work was carried out in the Gram Panchayat for the last 14 months.

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January 23,2026

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot read only three lines from the 122-paragraph address prepared by the Congress-led state government while addressing the joint session of the Legislature on Thursday, effectively bypassing large sections critical of the BJP-led Union government.

The omitted portions of the customary Governor’s address outlined what the state government described as a “suppressive situation in economic and policy matters” under India’s federal framework. The speech also sharply criticised the Centre’s move to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, commonly referred to as the VB-GRAM (G) Act.

Governor Gehlot had earlier conveyed his objection to several paragraphs that were explicitly critical of the Union government. On Thursday, he confined himself to the opening lines — “I extend a warm welcome to all of you to the joint session of the State legislature. I am extremely pleased to address this august House” — before jumping directly to the concluding sentence of the final paragraph.

He ended the address by reading the last line of paragraph 122: “Overall, my government is firmly committed to doubling the pace of the State’s economic, social and physical development. Jai Hind — Jai Karnataka.”

According to the prepared speech, the Karnataka government demanded the scrapping of the VB-GRAM (G) Act, describing it as “contractor-centric” and detrimental to rural livelihoods, and called for the full restoration of MGNREGA. The state government argued that the new law undermines decentralisation, weakens labour protections, and centralises decision-making in violation of constitutional norms.

Key points from the unread sections of the speech:

•    Karnataka facing a “suppressive” economic and policy environment within the federal system

•    Repeal of MGNREGA described as a blow to rural livelihoods

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of protecting corporate and contractor interests

•    New law alleged to weaken decentralised governance

•    Decision-making said to be imposed by the Centre without consulting states

•    Rights of Adivasis, women, backward classes and agrarian communities curtailed

•    Labourers allegedly placed under contractor control

•    States facing mounting fiscal stress due to central policies

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of enabling large-scale corruption

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