BJP State president Somu Veerraju said successive governments in Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) have usurped the powers of village sarpanches and alleged that the present dispensation diverted ₹7,800 crore sanctioned by the Central government for the Gram Panchayats.
The BJP should fight against this injustice being meted to the local bodies, he exhorted the cadres.
Addressing a meeting of the party’s Shakti Kendras at Pamarru in Krishna district on March 2, Mr. Veerraju said a substantial chunk of the ₹12,000 crore disbursed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in FY 2021-22 went to A.P. but the State government would not give due credit for it to the Centre.
