00882pab a2200205 454500008004000000100001900040245003900059260000900098300001600107362001000123520032200133650001400455650001400469700002100483773003400504908000600538909001000544999001700554952010500571180718b2007 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 aN a74008 c74008d74008 00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 42, Issue no: 18pAR74468r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR