KOLHAPUR: The gram panchayat of Shingnapur village, on the outskirts of Kolhapur metropolis, drew a whole lot of flak for passing a decision regarding minority neighborhood members. The gram panchayat has since revoked the decision, and has claimed that “a typing error” triggered the confusion.
The decision was to disallow the registration of minority neighborhood residents within the electoral rolls.The decision additionally stated the gram panchayat would elevate objections if any minority neighborhood member did handle to get registered as a voter. At a gram sabha held on September 5, one other decision was handed to not permit a minority neighborhood board to amass land within the village.
The resolutions began making rounds on social media on Sunday and drew sharp criticism from political functionaries and minority neighborhood organisations. Kolhapur district collector Amol Yedge intervened and ordered an inquiry. The preliminary inquiry states the precise decision handed throughout gram sabha and the copy circulated on social media usually are not the identical, and there was “a typing error”.
“Some time in the past, we encountered some Bangladeshi girls residing in our village. They’d Aadhaar playing cards, although we do not know the way they acquired them. We mentioned the difficulty at size and determined to not let the Bangladeshi residents register as voters. That’s the reason we handed the decision. Within the decision, there was an error, because the phrase Bangladeshi was not typed in. That triggered confusion. We’ve got, nevertheless, withdrawn the decision,” stated Rasika Patil, the sarpanch of Shingnapur.
Collector Yedge stated he has ordered an additional inquiry into the matter. The gram panchayat has been advised that it has no authority to register or deregister voters within the electoral rolls.
