{"id":85040,"date":"2019-11-18T01:57:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T20:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=85040"},"modified":"2019-11-18T01:57:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T20:27:47","slug":"cm-for-discussion-on-party-less-panchayat-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/11\/18\/cm-for-discussion-on-party-less-panchayat-election\/","title":{"rendered":"CM for discussion on party-less panchayat election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NAMSAI, Nov 17:<\/strong> Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday urged the state&#8217;s media community to organise an event to discuss if the panchayat polls in the state could be fought on &#8220;non-party basis,&#8221; saying it would enhance the possibility of election of &#8220;genuine leaders.&#8221;<br \/>\nAddressing journalists on the occasion of the National Press Day here, he urged them to play the role of a watchdog to root out corruption.<br \/>\n&#8220;If elections are held on party line, many genuine candidates may not get tickets as parties have their own dynamics.<br \/>\nBut if it is fought not on party-basis, people could elect a genuine leader who can lead the society,&#8221; Khandu said.<br \/>\nThe chief minister said an event could be organised by media houses where all stakeholders would discuss the issue.<br \/>\nHe also admitted that corruption is prevalent in the state, despite his government&#8217;s best efforts to curb it.<br \/>\n&#8220;We have reports that benefits of government schemes do not reach the actual beneficiaries. A large part of development funds under central schemes are misused. In such a situation, the media can play a crucial role to unearth the anomalies which will reduce corruption,&#8221; Khandu said. &#8220;You must expose all such acts and incidences for us to take appropriate action.&#8221;<br \/>\nOn the citizenship amendment bill (CAB), Khandu informed that the consultative committee on the CAB, formed by the state government, &#8220;is ready with its final report after detailed consultations with all stakeholders,&#8221; and that a final draft would be submitted to the union home ministry.<br \/>\nOn the Naga peace talks, the CM said everybody should hope for a final solution to the decades-old vexed issue.<br \/>\n&#8220;Once an agreement is reached, peace and normalcy will return in the region. However, when it comes to territorial integrity of our state, I have made my stand clear to the central government that we will not compromise on it,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nKhandu said he will soon call an all-party meeting on the issue. (PTI &amp; CMO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAMSAI, Nov 17: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday urged the state&#8217;s media community to organise an event to discuss if the panchayat polls in the state could be fought on &#8220;non-party basis,&#8221; saying it would enhance the possibility of election of &#8220;genuine leaders.&#8221; Addressing journalists on the occasion of the National Press Day here, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}