The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), along with its alliance partner Jana Sena Party (JSP) and the Sarpanches’ Association, will stage dharnas and protests in protest against “large- scale diversion of funds” released by the Union government to the panchayat raj institutions by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government in Andhra Pradesh, says BJP State president D. Purandeswari.
Leading a demonstration by the sarpanches and activists of the BJP and the JSP here on August 10 (Thursday), Ms. Purandeswari accused the YSRCP government of abdicating its responsibility of handholding the local bodies in their struggle to ensure basic civic amenities for the people at the grassroots level by not leaving enough funds at their disposal.
