six-year election ban

Koppal: State Govt has disqualified a sitting member of the Hiremyageri gram panchayat in Yelburga taluk, under provisions of the Panchayat Raj Act, after charges of assaulting a govt employee on duty were proved. The govt order cancelled the membership of Shantamma Bandivaddar, a current member of the gram panchayat, and barred her from contesting…