Congress will observe April 24 as National Panchayati Raj Day: Mir
20/04/2021
JAMMU, Apr 19: JKPCC Chief Shri Ghulam Ahmed Mir has said that the 73rd & 74th Amendment was the triggest gift of the Congress party especially former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi to the County and people at grass root levels and the party shall celebrate the historical initiative as 'National Panchayati Raj Day' on 24th April.
The Congress shall remember the historical initiative of the Congress party under the Prime Ministership of Shri Rajiv Gandhi, to introduce the 73rd Amendment of the constitution, implemented on 24th April, 1993, as National Panchayati Raj Day.
This was announced by JKPCC Chief Shri Ghulam Ahmed Mir in a meeting of senior functionaries of the party here today.
24th April shall be observed as the National Panchayati Raj Day to remind the people and the PRI representatives about the historical initiative of Shri Rajiv Gandhi whereby the women got 33% reservation while SCs & Sts got reservation in all three tiers of PRIs.
Mir said that the bill to amend the constitution in this regard to fully empower Panchayats in the Country & to give 33% reservation to women besides SCs/STs was introduced in 1989 by Late Rajiv Gandhi.
Later it was passed in 1992 while the same was implemented on 24th April 1993 while 74th amendment was implemented on 1st June, 1993.
He said that 24th April is observed as National Panchayat Day to celebrate the landmark initiative of the Congress party whereby a fully empowered Panchayati Raj System was set up in the entire country.
Today the entire Panchayati Raj System in the Country is the result of the 73rd & 74th amendment of the constitution giving constitutional status to the Panchayats besides giving due reservation to women, and downtrodden sections. Mir said that the people especially PRI representatives have to be fully apprised of the historical initiative of the Congress which is biggest gift of Rajiv Gandhi to the people at the grass root levels in furtherance of the cream of father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
JKPCC Chief asked the party leaders including former ministers/ legislators, AICC/PCC members, frontal wings and DCC/BCC units to observe this day in restricted manner in view of the Covid-19 advisories.
He also asked the party leaders to carry forward the ongoing 'Panchayat-Ki-Aur' programme of the party the grass root levels with limited numbers within the prescribed limits of 50 to 99 adequate social distance, to know the problems and issues of people at the grass root levels.
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