the just concluded panchayat elections in Karnataka mark a watershed in the history of the movement for democratic decentralisation.
the fact that the political parties failed to receive the mandate from the rural electorate is more reflective of their callous ignorance of the issues.
all of them treated the panchayat elections as something to gain power instead of treating as the one pertaining to the governance of the rural local self government institutions.
None of the political parties addressed themselves to the real issues and had anything to offer to the electorate by way of thier commitment to the cause of empowerment of the panchayat raj institutions and how they would strive to remove the hurdles coming in the way.
Even the congress, which has made quite significant contribution was notnot able to spell out what it has done and what it proposed to do and paid a price for its total ignorance of the concept of the decentralisation.
About Me
- Mathihalli Madan Mohan
- Journalist with standing of more than fifty years in the profession. Retired as the Special Correspondent of The HINDU and has become a columnist on current affairs, the panchayats and other allied subjects
2 comments:
The panchayat raj movement in Karnataka is marked by total disinterest from all concerned, be they be politicians, the administrators, the media not excluding.
The politicians in Karnataka think that the system will marginalise their importance in the political system .
The administrators do not relish the concept of accountability that the system envisages and are loathe to the supervision by the peoples representatives.
Vedanti
There is need for the media to sensitise themselves on the issues which affect the people. the media must reflect the problems and priorities of the people and the tendency of the media to impose its views regardless of what the people require should come to an end.
Madan Mohan
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