00696pab a2200157 454500008004000000100001900040245003900059260000900098300001600107362001000123520032200133650001400455650001400469700002100483773003400504180718b2007   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aReddy, Nandana  aStriking at the roots of democracy  c2007  ap.1601-603.  a5 May  aThe recent amendment to the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act giving state legislators powers over the gram sabhas and panchayats not only takes away the latter's right to choose beneficiaries for government-funded programmes but also affects the right of rural voters to participate in local self-government. - Reproduced.  aDemocracy  aPanchayat  aAcharya, Damodar  aEconomic and Political Weekly