Jaitu sarpanches stage dharna outside DC's office

Faridkot, December 27

A month after Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi announced Rs 15 crore grant for the development of the Jaitu constituency, several sarpanches of this reserved Assembly seat on Monday staged a dharna outside the DC’s office over alleged disparity in distribution of funds.

Blaming it on groupism within the Congress, they alleged while some villages with 2,000 population were allocated Rs 5 lakh, others with having 500 population got up to Rs 20 lakh.

Khachda sarpanch Manohar Singh alleged some Congress leaders were trying to browbeat opponents by favouring certain villages. It would cause loss to the party in the Assembly elections, he said.

Ransingh sarpanch Jarnail Singh said: “While a village in my area with 2,000 population was allocated Rs 12 lakh for various works, another with only 400 votes was given Rs 32 lakh at an MLA’s insistence.”

DC Vimal Setia said there was no disparity in the allocation of grants and every village would get the share on the basis of population. — TNS