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Malihabad:Ashutosh Chaurasia was astounded when he learned a few weeks ago that Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati had adopted Mall gram panchayat in Lucknows Malihabad tehsil a decade ago..
I had to make a few calls to confirm if this was indeed thegram panchayatthat was adopted, he told ThePrint...
Under SAGY, launched in 2014 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, each MP was expected to develop three gram panchayats by March 2019 and an additional five by 2024, using resources pooledfrom various central and state programmes, including the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)..
If work has already begun under a village development plan (VDP), the village remains under SAGY and the state government is obligated to implement it, the advisory says.Ministry sources told ThePrint that this advisory also applies when an MP retires or ceases to be a parliamentarian...
I was very proud that my village was the only one in the whole of India that Mayawati adopted, recalled26-year-old Dinesh Kumar, a resident of Mall villages Ambedkar Tola who was only 15 when the BSP leader chose the gram panchayat under SAGY. t ..
