Floriano asks: What happens if the civil society /citizens of the village/city constitute 'panel/s' with their own pro-village/city manifesto to go with it? I am vigorously promiting civil society panel/s for Municipal and Panchayat Elections to neutralize the clout of MLAs/MPs and their anti-development panels.
Response: They should be disqualified. Panchayati Raj is not about a Birtish form of democracy. You should well know what I am talking about. The last elections in Panchayats had seen a replacement with some civil society panels. See the pathetic condition of the village governance 5 years later. As for your concern for disqualifying Sarpanchas for illegality, nothing stops you from taking it up. Soter D'souza Socorro, N. Goa 9890056616
