07/03/2015 …. Stating that there were certain section of mla’s who were against giving certain powers to zilla panchayat members St andre mla Vishnu surya wagh has once again come in support of the zilla panchayat members saying that more powers were needed to be given to zilla parishad if developmental works had to be done under the zilla panchayat …
It may be noted that recently Chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar had indicated that his government would devolve more powers to zilla panchayats in Goa after the zp elections were held but had declined to give details as what type of powers would they be due to the prevalent code of conduct
While zp members had criticized the state government for not giving certain powers for the functioning of zilla panchayat in the state
Speaking to goanreporter st andre mla Vishnu surya wagh said that zilla panchayat was a part of the democratic systems and it was up to the government as how much powers it had to be given …
Wagh said that leaving certain mla’s like him it was sad that there were no one who was betting for the powers to be given for the zilla panchayats in the state of goa
Wagh also stated that most of the state mla’s were feared of zp members fearing that after getting elected a zp members could contest the next assembly elections against a concerned mla’s due to which there was still a debate on giving more powers to zp members
