Ranchi: On Thursday, the cabinet of the Jharkhand government has given the green signal to the proposal to hold panchayat elections in the state. Cabinet Secretary Vandana Dadel gave this news. He said that this proposal would be sent to the Governor and the State Election Commission would be written to announce its dates. Talking to reporters after the cabinet meeting, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Alamgir Alam said that after the matriculation examination, elections can be held in mid-April. The date will be announced by the State Election Commission. The commission has already been instructed to prepare for the elections.

It is noteworthy that the tenure of Gram Panchayats in the state has ended in December 2020. Since then the Panchayats have been running on extension for more than 1 year. The ad-hoc system of Panchayati Raj has been restored in the Gram Panchayats through the Executive Committee. The election of three-tier Panchayati Raj Institutions in Jharkhand was held in 2015.

Panchayat elections could not be held in December 2020 due to corona virus after completion of 5 years and panchayati institutions got disintegrated. On the other hand, by issuing a notification on 7 January 2021, the executive bodies were formed for 6 months, but due to Corona, re-elections could not be held, after which the executive bodies were again extended after the approval of the governor. There are a total of 4402 gram panchayats in Jharkhand, where in addition to the head (village head), 54330 gram panchayat members, 5423 panchayat samiti members and 545 members of the zilla parishad are to be elected. Overall, under the three-tier Panchayati Raj arrangement, local public representatives will be elected for 64700 posts.

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