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Chandigarh: Announcement can be made today regarding the Panchayati elections in Punjab. A press conference has been called by Punjab State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhary at 3 pm in Punjab Bhawan. It is being speculated that an announcement will be made about the Panchayat elections in today’s press conference.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Punjab Haryana High Court regarding the non-conduct of elections of the District Council, Panchayat Samiti and Gram Panchayat in Punjab. A few days ago, the Punjab government, while responding in the Punjab-Haryana High Court, had said to get them done soon.
Let us tell you that about 13,000 Gram Panchayats had already been dissolved in Punjab. Two weeks ago, the government had also dissolved 76 out of the remaining 153 Panchayat Samitis.
There are a total of 13241 Panchayats in the state. While there are 153 block committees and 23 district councils. Their term ended on 31 December 2023. Hoshiarpur district has the highest number of panchayats in the state at 1405, while Patiala has 1022 panchayats. Elections for the dissolved panchayats are still pending since December last year.
