Arjun Munda Criticizes Jharkhand PESA Rules

Arjun Munda, a leader from the BJP party, criticized the Jharkhand government for changing important parts of a law called the PESA Act.

This law is meant to give more power to local village councils, called gram sabhas, in areas with many tribal people.

Munda said the government left out some key words like 'customary laws' and 'social and religious practices' when they made new rules for this law.

He thinks this weakens the law and could cause problems in the future.

He also mentioned that other states have followed the law more closely.

Munda called the changes a 'cold-blooded murder' of the legislation and warned that it could lead to institutional erosion and weaken governance in these areas.