Nanjangud temple incident: Bommai pledges corrective steps
The Hindu
He says ‘acceptable solution’ on temple demolition will be found in consultation with senior leaders
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said that the government is contemplating taking legal and administrative steps to ensure that instances such as the temple demolition in Nanjangud do not recur.
Inaugurating the State executive meeting of the BJP in Davangere on Sunday, Mr. Bommai said that the incident had pained everyone and had taken place because officials took action in a hurry without bringing it to the notice of the government.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists