The Tamil Nadu election commission on January 26 announced the schedule for urban local body elections in the state.
The Tamil Nadu election commission on January 26 announced the schedule for urban local body elections in the state. NewsClick interviewed former IAS officer MG Devasahayam in this context, who said that local body elections have been centralised in India. He also said that Mahatma Gandhi's vision of strengthening grassroots democracy has been distorted. Devasahayam alleged that when the powers of local governing bodies get curtailed, people in the locality don't get any role in the decision making of local projects and schemes.