Chalo Assembly: Police resort to lathi charge to disperse agitating sarpanches

A call for ‘Chalo Assembly’ was given by both associations demanding the State Government to directly deposit the finance commission funds meant for them into their accounts.

AMARAVATI: Police resorted to a light cane charge when the members of the A.P. Sarpanches Association and A.P. Panchayat Raj Chamber tried to enter the State Assembly while the session was in progress on Tuesday.

A call for ‘Chalo Assembly’ was given by both associations demanding the State Government to directly deposit the finance commission funds meant for them into their accounts. They were also demanding the MNREGA funds to be released directly to Panchayats. They alleged that the State Government diverted the funds meant for the Panchayats.

When the representatives of these associations tried to enter the Assembly premises, police restricted them and resorted to cane-charge to disperse the sarpanches. Meanwhile, YVB Rajendraparasad, president of the chamber was arrested in Vuyyur and others were arrested at Mandadam and were kept at the Tullur police station.