States must do more for panchayats: Manmohan
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi with some elected representatives of district panchayats at the National Convention of Chairpersons of District and Intermediate Panchayats in New Delhi on Thursday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday called for devolution of more powers and responsibilities to elected representatives of panchayati raj institutions. He also sought a debate on why some States failed to successfully implement the three-tier panchayati raj system.