'Grama One' launched in 12 districts of Karnataka
Bengaluru, Jan 26: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday launched 'Grama One', which would offer services of various government departments in rural areas of 12 districts.
The services would be extended to all the districts by March-end.
"Grama One is a technology-driven programme. We have seen people queuing up at Tahsildar offices for government services such as issuance of caste certificates. Mostly, the people may not get responses on time leading to middlemen and corruption. On receiving several complaints, we have decided to offer services online at gram panchayat-level," Bommai said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said Grama One centre at gram panchayat would be linked to Tahsildar, Assistant Commissioner offices and Atal Seva Kendras to provide services, including banking and Aadhar card, among others.
"Our goal is to provide about 100 services. For now, 20-25 services will be provided," he added.
Earlier, Grama One had been run on a trial basis in four districts, where over six lakh people have benefitted.
The Chief Minister said Grama One is now being launched in 12 districts and in 3,024 gram panchayats.
The government aims to extend it to all gram panchayats by end of March, he said, and added their functioning would be monitored regularly.
"A separate cell will be set up with equipment and technical personnel in the offices of tahsildars to improve efficiency. The e-governance department will be monitoring and reviewing the programme," he added.
ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ನೂರಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಸೇವೆಗಳನ್ನು ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಭಾಗದ ನಾಗರಿಕರಿಗೆ ಗ್ರಾಮ ಪಂಚಾಯತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದೇ ಸೂರಿನಡಿ ಒದಗಿಸುವ ಮಹತ್ವದ ಸೇವಾ ವೇದಿಕೆ "ಗ್ರಾಮ ಒನ್ " ನಾಗರಿಕ ಸೇವಾ ಕೇಂದ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ವರ್ಚ್ಯುಯಲ್ ಮೂಲಕ ಉದ್ಘಾಟಿಸಲಾಯಿತು.#GramaOne pic.twitter.com/hJadxm40ay
— Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) January 26, 2022
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Surat LS candidate Nilesh Kumbhani whose nomination form was rejected suspended from Congress
Ahmedabad, Apr 25: The Gujarat Congress on Friday suspended from the party for six years its Surat Lok Sabha candidate Nilesh Kumbhani, whose nomination form was rejected over discrepancies leading to the BJP's Mukesh Dalal getting elected unopposed.
A statement from the Congress said the party's disciplinary committee decided to suspend Kumbhani after thorough discussion, adding it had come to the conclusion that the nomination form was rejected due to gross negligence on his part or "in connivance with the BJP".
"To be fair to you we have given time to you to explain your case but instead of coming before the party disciplinary committee you have gone incommunicado. After your form was rejected by the authorities, BJP went ahead and got form of other eight candidates withdrawn. This has deprived people of Surat their voting rights," the Congress disciplinary committee headed by Balu Patel said.
"People of Surat and party workers have become very angry due to your action and are expressing their anger in different ways. The Congress party has decided to suspend you for six years from the party," the press note said.
Kumbhani's nomination form was rejected on April 21 after his three proposers submitted affidavits to the district returning officer claiming the signatures on the document was not theirs.
The nomination form of Suresh Padsala, the Congress' substitute candidate from Surat, was also invalidated on the same grounds.
In his order, Returning Officer Sourabh Pardhi said the three nomination forms submitted by Kumbhani and Padsala were rejected after prima facie discrepancy was found in the signatures of the proposers and they did not appear to be genuine.
Kumbhani, a former corporator from Surat, had unsuccessfully fought the 2022 Assembly polls from Kamrej there.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha constituency on April 22 after all other nominees, including one from BSP, withdrew from the fray one by one on the last day of withdrawing papers.
