A Dalit sarpanch from Kallumadi Panchayat Fakkeeramma was not allowed to enter the village secretariat on Wednesday and was allegedly banned by some supporters of the former YSRCP Sarpanch Saubhagyamma.
Ms. Fakkeeramma was sitting in a dharna in front of the locked entrance to the Sarpanch office.
Several villagers supported them with plastic pots and raised slogans against the alleged “autocratic behavior of some upper caste people”.
The Sarpanch claimed that the charges were not turned over to her, while others point out that she had asked for keys to the mineral water facility, but the Panchayat secretary refused to give them and wanted the Panchayat members to pass a resolution on them who should own the keys.
When Ms. Fakkeeramma tried to enter the secretariat, the staff there allegedly locked the premises and did not allow her to enter the secretariat.
Ms. Fakkeeramma had applied to be the rebel YSRCP candidate after the Sarpanch post was reserved for the SCs. She won and took the oath, but allegedly banned from working from her office by some people with vested interests, her supporters claimed.