Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

Sarpanch Sangh to boycott PM Modi’s refinery event

- HT Correspond­ent htraj@hindustant­imes.com

On one hand where BJP leaders are not leaving any stone unturned to ensure maximum gathering at PM Modi’s refinery event, scheduled on January 16, Sarpanch Sangh in Barmer while giving a big jolt to BJP leadership on Tuesday, announced to boycott the refinery event.

Not only this, they also announced that they will stop people from participat­ing in the event.

Considerin­g the official apathy to their demands, Sangh has finally reached this decision. The call was taken in a meeting held at district headquarte­r that was chaired by Sarpanch Sangh president Ugam Singh Ranigaun.

Singh said that since past several months, they had been repeatedly requesting the authoritie­s to resolve their issues but it was ignored. Their demands are fixation of BSR rates, sanction of work in NREGA, release of payment of material component in NREGA and disposal of online tenders.

Singh said that it was due to this that they had taken the decision to boycott the event.

Apart from boycotting the PM

BARMER:

visit, Sarpanch Sangh also decided to lock the panchayat offices in all gram panchayats in the district. They announced to boycott the work in panchayats too. Singh said that if their demands are not addressed, they will go on an indefinite strike from January 11 and also launch agitation at the district headquarte­r.

PM Narendra Modi will be coming to Barmer on January 16, where he will lay down the foundation of oil refinery proposed at Pachpadra. Considerin­g his visit, state BJP government has started its preparatio­n for the event. Raje government has set its target of gathering more than five lakh people.

While arrangemen­ts are underway, BJP legislatur­es and leaders have been assigned the task to ensure maximum crowd.

CM Vasundhara Raje, too, have visited Barmer on January and took stock of the ongoing preparatio­n. She said that it should be a step ahead than the previous PM visit at Udaipur.

Gram Sewak Sangh also extended their support to Sarpanch Sangh. President of district Gram Sewak Sangh, Mularam Puniya said, that Sarpanch Sangh is protesting for their justified demands, considerin­g which they have decided to support them.

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? Sarpanch Sangh also announced that they will stop people from participat­ing in the refinery event.
HT PHOTO Sarpanch Sangh also announced that they will stop people from participat­ing in the refinery event.

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