I read with great amusement the views of one panch regarding the rights of the Gram Sabha. It appears that all petty matters (read: small change) should be handled by the members of the village but important issues, such as, mega projects do not fall within the rights of the Gram Sabha members. Is the panch saying that the members of the village have no right to stop their village from being 'developed' into a town? If the villagers have no right to determine the future of their own village then who does? The brave panch of our brave new world had better say all this prior to the election so we can safely brand him as a pro-mega-project-anti-village panch. Obviously, after the elections it is too late! Wake up Goans and take control of your villages. You have nothing to lose but the shackles of your own panchas.