Mangalore : The Gram Panchayat Officers’ Federation staged a protest against the assault on Jagadish, GP member by another GP member Sudhakar Alva at the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) office on March 23, Wednesday.
According to the protestors Sudhakar Alva abused and physically assaulted Jagadish, who is now taking treatment in hospital. Jagadish was explaining Alva about the bills related to the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme which could not be paid due to certain technical problems. Hence the members protested against such mental and physical harassment.
The protestors said that a criminal case should be filed against Alva and that he should be suspended immediately.
A memorandum was also submitted to P. Shivashankar, the chief executive officer of the ZP and the copies of it were also given to the district-in-charge minister, superintendent of police, deputy commissioner, chief minister, and governor, the minister for rural development and the Panchayat Raj, and others.