Zee News, Last Updated: Thursday, August 23,
2012, 18:38
New Delhi: Accusing the Trinamool
Congress of "absolute authoritarianism", the CPI(M) on Thursday
charged the Mamata Banerjee government with superseding elected local bodies in
West Bengal and giving all their financial powers to district magistrates,
thereby stalling development work.
"The state government has issued orders
ceasing the powers of the zilla parishads of North 24 Parganas and Nadia
districts. Under the orders, the DMs will now operate all powers of the
parishads and sanction schemes," senior party leader Sitaram Yechury told
reporters here.
"This is absolute authoritarianism and
autocratic manner in which the state government is functioning," he said.
A CPI(M) delegation of zilla parishad
representatives, led by Yechury and former MP Amitabha Nandi, took up the issue
with Panchayati Raj Minister Kishore Chandra Deo and Rural Development Minister
Jairam Ramesh at separate meetings.
Nandi said though panchayat was a state subject
and his party was opposed to any move by the Centre to interfere in state
matters, "in this particular case, I believe it has become necessary to
have an exception as a very special case".
He said all public works in Nadia and North 24
Parganas "have come to a standstill since the state government order
became operative".
The delegation sought the intervention of the
two Union ministers to take appropriate action to end the deadlock. (PTI)
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