Koganolli villagers threaten to boycott polls over demand for PHC

Hubli | Tuesday | 26th March, 2019

Summary:

On February 13, they gave memorandums to the local MP, MLA, MLC, tahsildar, gram panchayat PDO and president. When they did not get a positive response, the villagers carried out a one-day hunger strike on March 6. Dattawadi and Hanabarawadi are the two other villages that come under Koganolli GP. So, the annoyed villagers have given the ultimatum of boycotting the elections.Koganolli is the last village of the district located on the Karnataka- Maharashtra border, attached to Pune-Bengaluru National Highway-4. Belagavi: Koganolli villagers in Chikkodi taluk have threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha elections and not allow political leaders in the village to campaign as their demand for a primary health centre ( PHC ) in village has net been met.The villagers have stated that they would boycott the polls unless elected representatives and officials do not give an assurance in writing that their demand would be met by April 5.More than 50 villagers had protested for over a month demanding the PHC in January..