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Congress person Ashok Gehlot connected Sunday (October 26, 2025) said the BJP authorities successful Rajasthan was "flouting" Supreme Court orders and the Constitution by delaying elections for panchayati raj institutions (PRI) and municipality section bodies (ULB).
In a video statement, the erstwhile Chief Minister said the functioning of panchayati raj and municipality section bodies has astir travel to a halt, and that the BJP was avoiding elections retired of fearfulness of losing.
Mr. Gehlot alleged that adjacent though the presumption of the ULBs and PRIs person ended, the State Government has appointed administrators alternatively of conducting elections. This was a "direct usurpation of the Constitution", helium said.
The elder Congress person said Articles 243-E and 243-U of the Constitution mandate elections each 5 years, and their word cannot transcend this period. Mr. Gehlot besides cited Supreme Court rulings that necessitate panchayat elections each 5 years.
The Congress person condemned the government's determination arsenic anti-democratic, stating it undermines the precise intent of these institutions, which is to make grassroots leadership.
The past ULB polls were held successful November 2019, and the past PRI elections were conducted successful January 2020.
