Team Herald
VASCO: The gram panchayat is a democratic institution at the grassroots level and sarpanch shall have the functional autonomy in discharging the responsibility as sarpanch. Considering this very important aspect, the State government has decided to give full functional powers to all new sarpanchas, said Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho.
Speaking to reporters in Vasco on Wednesday, Godinho claimed that the newly elected panchayat bodies all over Goa augurs very well for ruling establishment and proves beyond the doubt that coalition government that has been formed has been largely acceptable to the people of Goa for new ideas, for innovative things being done.
“This Panchayat poll results is the short message we get that people have accepted coalition government, it is now the government that wants to offer full support to the strengthen the grassroots level by changing the Panchayat Raj Act. Working in same direction we are intending to make sarpanchas more responsible by giving full functional autonomy to them and then there will be no interference from the government, but it has to be power with responsibility,” he said.
