Ahmedabad, June 08: BJP president Venkaiah Naidu today called for proper implementation in Gujarat of the 73rd and 74th amendment to the Constitution relating to Panchayati Raj system.
He was talking to reporters here at the end of his day-long meeting with BJP MLAs and senior ministers on the 'urgent need to strengthen functioning of Panchayati Raj system in the state'.

Naidu said though these amendments had been carried out 10 years ago, necessary funds, powers or initiative to function were yet to be transferred, as a result zilla and block panchayats have not functioned satisfactorily.

Naidu also called for prompt de-centralisation of powers of the Panchayati Raj, as per the amendment, in order to make the entire system transparent and improve accountability.
Earlier in the day the BJP president presided over the two day BJP cell's Panchayati Raj system national workshop in Gandhinagar. Bureau Report