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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Joseph John | TNN

Power tussle round-2 in Chhattisgarh? T S Singhdeo gives up panchayat dept, says PESA draft changed without his knowledge

RAIPUR: Senior minister T S Singhdeo triggered a storm in the ruling Congress in Chhattisgarh by "relinquishing" his panchayat and rural development portfolio on Saturday evening. In a four-page letter to chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, he said that he was dismayed to see that the draft he had sent for implementation of PESA Act had been changed without his knowledge.

It looks like round-2 of the power struggle in the ruling Congress has erupted less than one and a half years ahead of the assembly election. “The way things are happening, this was bound to happen,” Singhdeo told a section of media.

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