Velim Sarpanch assaults a lady for refusing to offer bribe?

In the video attached it is shown Velim panchayat Sarpanch brutally beating a lady. It is said she refused to offer him a bribe. Apparently, the lady brought a stay order from the high court and the Sarpanch refused to follow the procedure till she offered him a bribe.   Velim Sarpanch Melvin Sanches had […]

50 Years of Panchayati Raj; Panchayats in Goa playing ‘snakes and ladders’?

Recently, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar asked the political science department of Goa University to conduct a case study on the Sarpanch rotation system followed rampantly in Panchayats today. Parsekar addressed the students of the University at the launch of ’50 years of Panchayati Raj in Goa: Retrospect and Prospects’, on Monday. The CM mentioned that, […]