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In a sudden volte-face, the Dalit president of KottakatchiyendalPanchayat, V. Karuppan, who had complained that the caste Hindusmembers of the local body forced him to sit on the floor duringmeetings, has denied the charge of caste discrimination. Virudhunagar Collector M. Balaji told The Hindu on Monday that Mr.
Karuppan, during enquiry, said that only twovillagers, who had nothing to do with the functioning of thereserved panchayat, had made casteist remarks against him."We have booked both of them under the provisions of SC/STPrevention of Atrocities Act." Mr. Karuppan said that hisissue with the panchayat members had been settled following theCollector's intervention. "Dispute over sharing of funds" "The complaint (made by Mr. Karuppan) has stemmed fromdispute over sharing of funds misappropriated from the panchayatbetween the group supporting Mr. Karuppan and the one led by thevice-president, M.
Uma Maheswari. The enquiry revealed that thepresident sat on the floor only along with all the members duringthe Grama Sabha meetings. Every one has to sit on the floor duringthe meetings. Even district Collectors sit on the floor along withthe villagers," Mr.
Balaji said. The Narikudi police on Sunday filed a case against the president,vice-president, panchayat secretary (clerk), M. Ravindran and asupporter of Mr. Karuppan, Tiruvettai, for siphoning off Rs.1.16lakh from the panchayat by creating false records in implementationof the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme. "The work was not taken up at all, they forged documents andtook away the money," the Collector said.
When the Collectorvisited the village recently, he came to know about the issue. "After the Project Officer, District Rural DevelopmentAgency, made an enquiry, the money was immediately deposited in thebank account," he said. The Collector said that the caste Hindu members of the panchayatand the villagers of Kottakatchiyendal said that they had notindulged in any discrimination against the president when hevisited the village twice last week. The vice-president and othermembers claimed that they were targeted only because they made acomplaint against the president on misappropriation of funds. Acase has been registered against the vice-president, her husband,Marikannu and the panchayat secretary for having taken a cut ofRs.10 while distributing wages to the beneficiaries of the ruraljob guarantee scheme.
Ravindran has been dismissed from the post ofPanchayat secretary. Similarly, the power to sign cheques has been withdrawn from thepresident and the vice-president. Block Development Officer P.S.Shanti has been asked to take care of the day-to-day activity ofthe panchayat. I am a professional writer from Timepieces, Jewelry, Eyewear, which contains a great deal of information about faceted oval beads , pear shaped diamonds, welcome to visit!
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