ZP General Body Meet : House witnesses mudslinging by ruling and Oppn members

• ZP general body meet recommends Centre to take action against those who have allocated works by violating norms
• Officials sanctioned works only after securing Panchayat resolution: Collector

Kadapa: After two-hour long futile allegations and counter allegations by ruling TDP and opposition YSRCP members, the general body meeting of the Zilla Parishad (ZP) has conducted voting here on Saturday over irregularities in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) and recommended the Central government to initiate action against those, who were responsible for allocating works against norms. 

In the voting, 28 ZPTCs raided their hand in favour of special resolution introduced by Galeru ZPTC M Lakshmi while 11 members opposed her proposal. 

An interesting debate continued for one-and-a-half-hour between district administration and public representatives over the MNREGS Act and its related circulars. 

GOs issued by the consent of state governments related to the Panchayat resolution, allocation of works, purchasing material, delegation of powers to Irrigation SE and DE by replacing Collector in extraordinary conditions. 

YSRCP MLAs S Raghu Rami Reddy (Mydukur), R Sivaprasad Reddy (Proddatur) and G Srikanth Reddy (Rayachoti) launched serious allegations against the district officials saying that they have turned behest at the ruling party leaders.

 Describing MNREGS has turned political rehabilitation centres to the TDP leaders and functionaries of Mydukur MLA S Raghurami Reddy large scale of irregularities taken place in his own villages following they were neither executed without discussing in Grama Sabha nor accepting panchayat resolution.

Proddatur MLA R Sivaprasad Reddy alleged that works were allocated to the TDP functionaries on contract basis instead of finalising them through e-tenders. 

He criticized the district administration is in hurry in completing the works before December month following at any time election notification can be issued. He said there was number of instances administration has sanctioned the bills despite they were not recorded in M-book. 

However, District Collector Ch Hari Kiran defend the step of the administration in allocating the works and purchasing material as per the government guidelines. 

He said that the officials have sanctioned the works only after securing Panchayat resolution headed by consent village president and special officers. 

He said that bills were also paid as per norms after the work recorded in M-book. Collector said Rs 300 crore worth works were taken up under MNREGS works apart 60 percent of them were completed remaining 40 percent would be completed by 2019 April financial year.

Marketing Minister C Adinarayana Reddy, who participated in the meeting,  said it is unfortunate opposition leaders utilising ZP meetings for their party existence through by creating disturbance instead of discussing developmental activities. 

Interestingly, the meeting was concluded without discussing important issues like crop conditions, drought, drinking water problems, agriculture, health and public distribution system. 

27 issues mentioned in agenda just with a line ‘All were accepted’ where as allocated two hours on special resolution which was not mentioned in agenda. ZP Chairman Gudur Ravi presided over the meeting.