The Andhra Pradesh government on July 20 (Thursday) issued G.O. Rt. No. 16 for initiating legal action against Jana Sena Party (JSP) president Pawan Kalyan for “making objectionable comments on the ward and village volunteers” at a public meeting in Eluru on July 9.
The G.O. alleged that Mr. Pawan Kalyan had used defamatory, derogatory and venomous statements against the government and the volunteer system during his Varahi Yatra.
Special Chief Secretary (Department of Ward and Village Volunteers) Ajay Jain stated that it was as part of the decentralisation of administration up to the village level that the government framed the innovative policy to have its services delivered at the people’s doorstep by the volunteers, devoid of any scope for interference by middlemen. The system won critical acclaim and it was being replicated in other States, he said.
