Bihar Chief Minister Highlights Challenges of Village Elections and Importance of Panchayati Raj System

Addressing the "Gram Sansad, Bihar Chapter-5 Mukhia Samvad" held at Hotel Taj on Monday, Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, while referring to the complexity of Panchayat elections, said that it may be easy to contest the election of MP or MLA, but the election of Ward or Mukhia is extremely challenging. He said that in these elections at the grassroots level, it is not even known who the Saga Bhai or Pattidar is voting for; and this is the real test of our democracy. Highlighting the importance of the Panchayati Raj system, he said that it is a common belief that the PM, the CM in the state and the DM in the district have the most power in the country, but the reality is that the most power and workload is with one Mukhia. The CM said that concrete suggestions for the development of villages should come out through Gram Sansad. Assuring that there will be no shortage of funds for development works in Panchayats, the CM said that this money comes directly from the people's tax. He informed that in the next five years under the 16th Finance Commission, the Government of India will get about Rs.