Fixed salary of ₹10,000 to village heads if AAP is voted to power in Gujarat, says Kejriwal
The Hindu
Stepping up campaign for the Assembly polls to be held in December, he said that every village panchayat would also get a yearly development grant of ₹10 lakh
A day after promising farm loan waiver and higher MSP for farm produce, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday promised fixed salaries for village heads besides direct funds for panchayats if his party was voted to power in Gujarat.
He said that every village panchayat in the State would get a yearly development grant of ₹10 lakh to develop infrastructure and civic amenities in the villages as part of his pre-poll guarantees to the people of the State.
On Saturday, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party’s guarantee registration portal in Rajkot and addressed a conclave of village heads or sarpanches in Surendranagar as he stepped up the campaign for the Assembly polls to be held in December this year.
An AAP government will provide a salary of ₹10,000 per month for the sarpanch and ₹10 lakh for the village panchayat per year which would be transferred directly by the State government.
He also said that Village Computer Entrepreneurs (VCEs) who work on commission basis will also get a salary of ₹20,000.
“A sarpanch wins an election in his village and people like and respect him. He is the leader of his village. After winning the election, the sarpanch spends money from his pocket because he has no funds for the work people want him to do,” Mr. Kejriwal said at the townhall event in Surendranagar in Saurashtra region.
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