RAUTA: The Rauta Gramin Suraksha Samiti staged a sit-in protest demanding the dissolution of the municipality, which it said had been formed around three months ago.
The committee alleged that a small group of people had formed the municipality without informing the general public in Rauta.
It said thousands of bighas of agricultural land had been included in the municipality, triggering resentment among local residents.
The committee alleged that municipal taxes and levies were being imposed on farmers without any economic development in the area. It demanded that the municipality be dissolved at the earliest.
The committee said it had already filed a case in the Supreme Court seeking the dissolution of the municipality. It vowed to continue its efforts to have the civic body dissolved.
The protesters urged the government to recognise public resentment and warned that the ruling party would face a political challenge in the upcoming Rauta council constituency by-election otherwise.
