Sarpanch resigns, blames Nalgonda MLA
The Hindu
Officials directed by MLA not to cooperate, says village leader
Sarpanch of a village in Thipparti mandal in the district has put in her papers, allegedly “due to harassment” at the behest of Nalgonda Legislator K. Bhupal Reddy.
Gade Sandhya, village leader of Yellammagudem, met the administrative officer, as District Collector Prashant J Patil was unavailable at the time, and submitted her resignation.
Speaking to media persons at the Collectorate, she said she has not received bills for works executed in the past two years and also, without the resolution of the gram sabha and the knowledge of the sarpanch certain funds have been misplaced, she said.
The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.
Makineni Jishnu Sai from Guntur secured the first position in the engineering stream while Yellu Srishant Reddy from Nizampet in Telangana bagged the first place in the Agriculture and Pharmacy (Bi.P.C. stream) in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2024.