J&K panchs vote for change, again
Mir Ehsan : Thu Dec 06 2012, 00:50 hrs
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By turning out in the numbers they did in Monday's polls, panchs and sarpanchs have sent a message to the government that they continue to have faith in the Panchayati Raj institution. It is time for the government to respond in kind and give them powers, especially financial, so that they can fulfill the promises on the basis of which they won.
Mir is a principal correspondent based in Srinagar
mir.ehsan@expressindia.com
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