Hyderabad: Several Sarpanches in Telangana State boycotted Government’s program Palle Pragathi preparatory meeting on Tuesday, demanding release of funds to clear the bills for the village development works done so far.

Toopran mandal Sarpanches in Gajwel constituency which representing Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, said that they will not be participating in the Palle Pragathi this time if the bills are not cleared. Later, they also staged a protest, during which they displayed “where is our MLA” placards.

Ramadugu mandal Sarpanches in Karimnagar district boycotted the Palle Pragathi meeting held at MPDO office. They said demanded to clear the bills for the works which they have done in the mandal i.e., they have constructed crematoriums, rural forest zone and build many structures under Rythu Vedika scheme. But the Government failed to clear the bills

In Thimmapur mandal, the sarpanches had a heated argument with the MPDO over the issue. They also said they will not pay electricity bills if the pending bills are not cleared. In Tamsi mandal of Adilabad to a similar situation prevailed with sarpanches getting into an argument with the MPDO. Mandal president of sarpanches union K Sadanandam demanded that the pending bills be cleared before the next phase of Palle Pragathi begins on June 3^rd.

Sarpanches boycott of the preparatory meeting has placed a question mark on the next phase of Palle Pragathi, scheduled to begin on June 3^rd and, as expected, led to a blame game between the State and Union governments over funds release.