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Newly elected Sarpanches in Telangana have not received their monthly honorarium for three months, leaving them struggling to carry out promised development works. With the government owing over Rs. 24 crore, many leaders are dipping into personal funds to meet village needs.

Newly elected sarpanches and ward members in villages across erstwhile Medak district are facing serious challenges due to lack of funds for sanitation, street lights and daily activities, with leaders blaming the Congress government for neglecting rural development.

After suffering a setback in the Gram Panchayat elections in the erstwhile Adilabad district, the Congress is reportedly attempting damage control by wooing winning sarpanches with cash offers and development promises, particularly in the Chennur Assembly constituency.

BRS Working President KT Rama Rao felicitated newly elected sarpanches, deputy sarpanches and ward members at the party’s Bhongir district office. He congratulated grassroots leaders and thanked voters for continuing to support the party at the village level.

Over 25,000 nominations for Sarpanch posts and more than 82,000 for Ward Member posts were filed for the first phase of Telangana’s gram panchayat elections. Polling will be held across 4,236 panchayats, while the SEC is monitoring reports of forced unanimous elections.

CM A Revanth Reddy instructs sarpanches to maintain streetlights in all Gram Panchayats, with LED networks linked to Central Command Centre, solar power promotion, and third-party audits for efficiency

The protest was organized under the banner of the Telangana Sarpanches Association Joint Action Committee. Taking advantage of the Prajavani programme being held at Praja Bhavan, the committee members arrived at the venue to present yet another appeal to the government.

The Sarpanches regretted that they were forced to run from pillar to post for payment of bills relating to Mana Ooru-Mana Badi, Palle Prakriti Vanam, crematoriums and internal roads taken up in their panchayats

The protests were held under the aegis of Telangana Sarpanches Association Joint Action Committee

Police officials have stepped up the security at the Praja Bhavan. Additional police force was deployed and barricades were erected

BRS working president questions whether the Congress government considered arrests as the answer to the rightful demands of sarpanches

Telangana Sarpanchula Sangam Joint Action Committee files complaint with Anti-Corruption Bureau, alleging that officials at State Finance Commission Commissioner’s office are demanding commissions from contractors

Speaking to the media at the Legislative Council on Wednesday, Kavitha criticized the Congress government for failing to settle the bills of poor sarpanches, MPTCs, ZPTCs, and small contractors over the past year. She claimed that while the government paid Rs. 10,000 crore in bills to large contractors, it ignored the financial struggles of the sarpanches.

On Sunday, when members of the Sarpanches JAC attempted to submit a symbolic representation at the BR Ambedkar statue at the Secretariat, they were stopped by the police. The committee members were detained and taken to the Bandlaguda police station.

These officers or committee will perform the functions of the Gram Panchayat till the assumption of new members and Sarpanches, who are elected by the people

Honouring their work during the past five years, Harish Rao has organised a felicitating ceremony for the Sarpanches of his Constituency in Siddipet.

The State Congress launched protests over the problems faced by sarpanches and lack of funds for panchayats.

Nalgonda: Zilla Parishad Chairman Banda Narender Reddy on Tuesday alleged that some sarpanches of opposition parties were deliberately enacting political dramas by making allegations on payment of bills for the works taken up in their villages to tarnish the image of TRS government. Speaking at a media conference here, Narender Reddy alleged taht sarpanches of […]

Warangal: Making a scathing attack on the union Government for its anti-farmer and anti-common man policies, Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao has appealed to the TRS party sarpanches, MPP presidents and ZP chairpersons of the erstwhile Warangal district to ensure passing of resolutions in the general body meetings against the BJP government at the Centre as […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: Telangana Rashtra Samithi workers staged a protest demonstration in Yellareddypet mandal headquarters on Saturday, demanding that the police register cases against BJP leaders who attacked TRS workers and damaged cars of sarpanches on Friday night. After a clash between BJP and TRS workers that took place in Yellareddypet police station over the uploading of abusive […]