#panchayat election nomination

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लाहुल स्पीति की 8 पंचायतों में उपचुनाव के लिए 29 सितंबर की होगा मतदान, जानें कब से कब तक भरे जाएंगे नामांकन

Lahaul-Spiti News:  राज्य निर्वाचन आयोग हिमाचल प्रदेश की ओर से पंचायतों में होने वाले उपचुनाव का शेड्यूल जारी किया है। जनजातीय जिला लाहौल-स्पीति की आठ पंचायतों में उपचुनाव होंगे। इसके लिए अधिसूचना जारी होते ही इन पंचायतों में आदर्श आचार संहिता भी लागू हो गई है। जनजातीय जिला लाहौल-स्पीति की पंचायत जाहलमा, केलांग, गोंधला, खंगसर, सिस्सू, कोकसर, खुरिक और डंखर पंचायतों में उपचुनाव की प्रक्रिया पूरी…

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Is decentralisation the answer?

There has been a sizeable push towards decentralisation as the silver bullet to solve many of our problems. It has been cited as the reason for the effectiveness of a response to the pandemic as the key to a low carbon future, to empowerment of the poor among many, many other ostensible positive effects. If the positive effects are so many and so varied, then this begs the question, why aren’t we doing more of it? Why, despite the passing of the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendment way back in 1992, (which provided for empowering rural and urban local governments respectively) have we made such little progress in devolving power to local governments?

Let us explore the matter a bit further to see exactly what decentralisation is expected to accomplish. One important argument is that decentralisation is an end in it itself; that putting decision making power closer to the people, isn’t this what democracy is supposed to be about?. But consequent to this argument is that bringing power to the people establishes clearer and more direct accountability mechanisms. This is what is supposed to lead to increasing equity and effectiveness of government services. A government is made accountable when people vote it out for poor performance and like consumers, take their business elsewhere when it fails to deliver. It is generally far easier to hold local government accountable for its failures in service delivery than state or central government.

While we do see a trend towards decentralisation in developed countries as this OECD report demonstrates, it is unclear whether this can be true in developing countries with their weaker institutions and poorer capacities.

Studies show that decentralising services to local governments do not necessarily improve outcomes and may even worsen them. What might be the reasons? The purely technical reason often cited are greater economies of scale and higher technical capacity at state levels. But a lot of the reasons lie in the political economy of local vs state governments. Decentralisation may actually weaken or distort existing accountability systems in sub-optimal ways. A local government may be more prone to local elite capture, Independence from politicians may be weaker in local government, monitoring systems for bureaucratic action may not as strong as at the state level. Where citizen awareness and local media capacity to hold the government to account are low, devolution may not strengthen downward accountability to the public, while weakening upward accountability mechanisms.

One main reason why decentralisation fails in the Indian context is that it is usually done in a haphazard way to meet legal requirements and prevents any actual transfer of power and responsibilities. In the case of the 74th amendment, decentralisation has gone further in panchayats, while it has all but stalled in urban centres, mostly because state governments are reluctant to give up control over the city. The observation, widely attributed to Raja Chelliah’ “Everybody loves decentralisation, but only to his level’ is quite apt in this context! While cities may have an elected mayor, this post is a nominal head, while decision making power rests in the hands of the municipal commissioner. Despite the large capacity of the city to raise taxes, this potential is poorly exploited leaving the city to be highly dependent on state government grants.

It is important to note that decentralisation is not a uni-dimensional concept but involves 3 facets – Political, administrative and fiscal. The inconclusive impact of decentralisation on service delivery, growth and development likely stems from the fact that there are many ways to decentralise, and the impact that decentralisation has would very closely depend on how exactly one goes about it, and the political and economic context of the country in question. The diagram (figure 1) shows the different dimensions of decentralisation and should make obvious the complexities involved in getting decentralisation right.

The case of decentralisation just tells us what we should already know about development in general, that the use of standardised prescriptions in the wrong context has the potential to go very wrong, with drastic consequences for the lives of people. Developmental problems, and therefore their solutions, vary in different political-economic contexts. We need to pay very close attention to the development context in question, come up with solutions that fit the problem that we are trying to solve and avoid making bigger problems on our way to solving them.

References:

Angelici, M., Berta, P., Costa-Font, J., & Turati, G. (2021). Divided We Survive? Multi-Level Governance and Policy Uncertainty during the First Wave of Covid-19.

Bardhan, P. K., & Mookherjee, D. (2000). Capture and governance at local and national levels. American economic review, 90(2), 135-139.

Blöchliger, H., & Égert, B. (2013). Decentralisation and economic growth-part 2: The impact on economic activity, productivity, and investment.

OECD (2019), Making Decentralisation Work: A Handbook for Policy-Makers, OECD Multi-level Governance Studies, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/g2g9faa7-en.

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Tmc: West Bengal panchayat polls: BJP, Congress cite 'TMC pressure', herd candidates to camps; 4,800 quit polls | India News

KOLKATA: Around 4,800 candidates – 1,500 of them from BJP and 1,107 of Trinamool Congress – backed down from contesting panchayat elections in West Bengal on the last day for withdrawal of nominations, with many of them citing “pressure” to pull out of the July 8 vote.By the time the window closed on Tuesday, just over 2 lakh contestants were left in the fray amid continued violence in some rural…

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Calcutta HC refuses to consider PILs seeking extension of time for filing nominations

The Calcutta High Court Tuesday refused to consider the PILs seeking an extension of time for filing of nominations for the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal and left it to the discretion of the State Election Commission to take a call.The Court held an urgent hearing on two PILs filed by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari regarding the upcoming Panchayat…

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Bengal rural Polls: Violence continues on second day of nomination filing 

A Congress activist was shot dead on Friday, the first day of nomination filing, in Murshidabad district allegedly by TMC goons, a charge denied by the ruling party.

KOLKATA: Incidents of violence continued on the second day of nomination filing for West Bengal panchayat polls on Saturday, with the opposition BJP, Congress and CPI(M) alleging their candidates were prevented from submitting papers by the ruling TMC activists and goons.

A mob entered a Block Development Office in South 24 Parganas district and assaulted an employee allegedly for distributing nomination forms to opposition candidates, while a local Trinamool Congress leader was caught with a handgun in Murshidabad district.

The TMC, however, trashed the charges saying the nomination filing process was by and large incident free and the opposition was making false charges as they are sure about the imminent loss in the panchayat polls having very little support base among the rural populace.

A State Election Commission (SEC) official told PTI: "Action has been taken on the basis of receiving every report and the nomination process was going on smoothly across the state."

The official said that as many as 1,360 nomination papers were filed on the first day across the state, and the process was smooth barring "some stray incidents" in a few pockets.

A Congress activist was shot dead on Friday, the first day of nomination filing, in Murshidabad district allegedly by TMC goons, a charge denied by the ruling party.

On the second day, incidents of violence and scuffling between workers of the ruling and opposition parties came from a number of districts such as Bankura, Purba and Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum and Murshidabad districts.

At Domkal in Murshidabad, opposition parties alleged that goons belonging to the TMC were seen moving around with firearms near the BDO office, where nomination papers will be filed, and obstructing their candidates.

Civic volunteers were seen with lathis along with the police to control disturbances in Domkal.

Besides, BJP nominees were allegedly heckled by TMC workers at Labhpur in Birbhum district.

Similar reports of violence came from Bishnupur in Bankura, Katwa in Purba Bardhaman, and Babarani in Paschim Bardhaman districts, where CPIM candidates were allegedly prevented from filing their nomination papers by the TMC.

"There had been some stray incidents in the morning. But once we got the information, we alerted the police and remedial measures were taken. The process went on smoothly later on. On Friday, the number of nominations filed by the combined opposition was slightly higher than the number of nominations filed by the TMC," the SEC official said.

Opposition BJP demanded immediate deployment of central forces to conduct the panchayat polls while the TMC asserted that the opposition is hunting for excuses fearing defeat.

BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya told PTI: "We have been asking for the deployment of central forces from the very beginning, but the partisan State Election Commission is yet to hear our pleas."

"Civic volunteers wearing police uniforms are now deployed to oversee the nomination filing process and ruling party miscreants are getting a free run. This is in blatant violation of the law. The TMC does not want the opposition to field candidates anywhere," he said.

TMC Rajya Sabha member and party spokesperson Shantanu Sen said the opposition had faced severe drubbing in the 2021 assembly polls and several assembly and one Lok Sabha by-election, all of which were conducted in the presence of central forces.

"People of Bengal are solidly behind the TMC and not with the BJP, Congress or the CPI(M). The opposition may demand deployment of peacekeeping force from the United Nations in panchayat polls if they want," Sen said.

State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha on Saturday called on West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose to explain the commission's stand on demands for extending the date of filing nominations for the state's three-tier panchayat polls and to explain steps taken to contain incidents of violence.

The 2018 rural poll process was marred by violence and alleged malpractices in several districts.

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61 Muslims won Uttar Pradesh urban polls on BJP tickets. What does this mean?

Last week, Kausar Abbas was elected chairperson of the Nagar Panchayat of Sirsi, a small town of around 30,000 people in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district. Abbas was one of the nearly 15,000 people to have won the state’s urban body elections held earlier this month. Yet, his name features in several news reports detailing the results. The reason for his prominence: he is one of the 61 Muslim candidates to have won on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, and one of the five to have secured the position of chairperson. The results have made the BJP, which has come to power promoting Hindu supremacism, proclaim that it now has the support of a large section of the state’s Muslims. Abbas, though, seemed to be less enthusiastic about his ties with the BJP. During a phone interview with Scroll, he said he had “formally” joined the saffron party only very recently – the day he filed his nomination papers to contest the election. He said he used to be in the Samajwadi Party till about seven years ago, but in recent years had “started doing social work”.Given his “track record of helping everyone in need”, Abbas said the BJP platform was no hindrance – even though around 80%...Read more Read the full article

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UP Nikay Chunav 2023: In this Nagar Panchayat only one woman has become president till now, the vote was first cast in 1941. UP Nikay Chunav in Jalaun Madhaugarh Nagar Panchayat the female president has been appointed only once till now

UP Nikay Chunav: In the first phase on May 4, votes will be cast for 4 Nagar Palika and 7 Nagar Panchayat seats in Jalaun including Madhaugarh Nagar Panchayat. jalaun: in Uttar Pradesh municipal elections The bugle has sounded, the nomination process for the first phase is in its final stages and all parties have announced their candidates. In the first phase on May 4 Jalaun A vote is taken for…

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Will make sure Oppn can file nominations in Bengal's Panchayat polls: Abhishek Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee said that if anyone, be it from any party, has difficulty in filing a nomination for West Bengal Panchayat elections, he would process it for them. Kolkata,UPDATED: Feb 4, 2023 19:56 IST Abhishek Banerjee also snubbed rumours about growing factionalism in TMC. (PTI/File) By Suryagni Roy: Ahead of the upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress (TMC)…

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After taluka panchayat, BJP loses municipality as 11 councillors resign

After taluka panchayat, BJP loses municipality as 11 councillors resign

In a major setback to the BJP in Padra taluka of Vadodara, the party has lost its majority in the Padra municipality, where it has been in power since February 2021. This comes a week after it lost control of the Padra taluka panchayat as 16 elected members resigned in support of former two-term MLA Dinesh Patel alias Dinu Mama who filed his nominations from the seat as an independent. As many…

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Nomination process for third phase of Panchayat will start on November 5: Dhanpat Singh

Nomination process for third phase of Panchayat will start on November 5: Dhanpat Singh

IEP Chandigarh, October 29 Haryana State Election Commissioner, Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that the Election Commission has announced the dates for the third phase of elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions. The nomination process for the third phase will start on November 5, 2022. In this phase, polling will be held on November 22 for Panchayat Samiti members and Zilla Parishad members and on…

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BJP candidate elected zila panchayat chief unopposed

BJP candidate elected zila panchayat chief unopposed

Haridwar : Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) in Haridwar finally won the zila panchayat president and vice president posts along with five block heads seats unopposed as the BSP and Congress did not file nominations . Only one independent contestant filed his nomination for the seat of Narsan block head , where an election might take place on October 13 if he did not surrender his paper on Tuesday…

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यूपी पंचायत चुनाव 2021: मैदान में उतरे 20 जिलों के 2 लाख 33 हजार 616 उम्मीदवार, ये है नाम वापसी की तारीख

यूपी पंचायत चुनाव 2021: मैदान में उतरे 20 जिलों के 2 लाख 33 हजार 616 उम्मीदवार, ये है नाम वापसी की तारीख

लखनऊ:उत्तर प्रदेश पंचायत चुनाव को लेकर नामांकन प्रक्रिया जारी है. त्रिस्तरीय पंचायत चुनाव के दूसरे चरण का नामंकन शुक्रवार को पूरा हो गया. इसके आंकड़े राज्य निर्वाचन आयोग ने जारी कर दिए हैं.  20 जिलों में 2 लाख से ज्यादा उम्मीदवारजारी आंकड़ों के मुताबिक 20 जिलों में दूसरे चरण के लिए हुए नामांकन के लिए सभी पदों पर 2 लाख 33 हज़ार 616 उम्मीदवार मैदान में उतरे हैं. इनमें जिला पंचायत वार्ड के 787 पदों…

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Panchayat polls: SC to hear Tuesday plea against HC order directing deployment of central forces in West Bengal | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Tuesday a plea challenging an order of the Calcutta high court directing the State Election Commission (SEC) to requisition and deploy central forces in West Bengal for the panchayat polls.Several districts in Bengal were rocked by violence over filing of nominations for the July 8 panchayat elections. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee…

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त्रिस्तरीय पंचायत चुनाव का नामांकन 16 सितंबर से शुरू, कर्मियों की हुई प्रतिनियुक्ति

त्रिस्तरीय पंचायत चुनाव का नामांकन 16 सितंबर से शुरू, कर्मियों की हुई प्रतिनियुक्ति

Bihar Panchayat chunav 2021: Nomination for three-tier panchayat election starts from September 16, deputation of personnel नामांकन कार्य के लिए बैरिकेडिंग करते हुए Bihar Panchayat chunav 2021: कैमूर जिले के चैनपुर प्रखंड क्षेत्र में त्रिस्तरीय पंचायत चुनाव का नामांकन 16 सितंबर गुरुवार से प्रारंभ हो रहा है, उक्त नामांकन के कार्य को निपटाने के लिए कर्मियों की प्रतिनियुक्ति की जा चुकी है, नामांकन…

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BJP seeks online filing of papers, central forces’ role

BJP seeks online filing of papers, central forces’ role

The BJP on Wednesday demanded online filing of nomination papers for the panchayat polls in the state next year and also urged the West Bengal State Election Commission (WBSEC) to hold the rural polls under the security cover of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF). A BJP delegation led by Shishir Bajoria went to the office of the state election commission in the afternoon and submitted a…