Once again, Jaintipur residents elect gram panchayat sans polls

Jaintipur in Majitha constituency is probably the only village in Punjab where no panchayat elections have been held for the past four decades. The reason behind not holding elections is that the gram panchayat has been elected without any opposition.

Keeping the tradition alive, the new gram panchayat was formed today in which Sandeep Kumar was unanimously elected as sarpanch whereas Roshan Lal, Mukhtiar Singh, Ashish Kumar, Kavita and Salina were nominated as panchayat members with the consent of all villagers.

“Our village is an example of brotherhood kept live by the tradition of unanimous election of the gram panchayat for the past 40 years. It saves not only money usually pumped in to woo voters, but also negates chances of clash which are witnessed in other panchayat polls,” said Sandeep.

Till date, it was for the ninth consecutive time that the Jaintipur gram panchayat was elected without elections. During this span, Gurlzari Lal and Rajinder Kumar Pappu Jaintipur were nominated twice as sarpanch. Similarly, Mukhtiar Singh, Beero and Ashwani Kumar were elected as sarpanch for one time each.

On the same lines, Sandeep Kumar was elected as sarpanch with approval of all villagers. Former zila parishad chairman Rajinder Kumar Pappu honoured the newly elected panchayat members on the occasion.