Eknath Shinde cuts fuel prices, restores pension & other schemes scrapped by Uddhav government

"The government has decided to make the change as a direct election for electing the sarpanches is the norm in several states for several years. This was done in 2017 but the decision was reversed in 2020 by the MVA government. Since it was not a direct election there was money power and other means used by people to get elected as presidents of nagar panchayats, parishads," Fadnavis said.

via Economictimes