Unable to bear the financial stress and humiliation from the money lenders, many Sarpanches had committed suicides and the State government should be held responsible for their loss, the Joint Action Committee president S Yadaiah Goud said.
Rs 153 crore released by Congress government pertain to contractors’ bills taken up under Special Development Fund; sarpanches’ bills have not been cleared yet, says Telangana Sarpanch Sangham JAC
Harish Rao condemned the arrests of sarpanches, and demanded that the Chief Minister and the Panchayat Raj Minister hold discussions with them to clear pending bills spent for village development