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Gram Sabha in the Panchayati Raj system is a forum which gives expression to the collective wisdom, aspirations and the will of the people. Comment.

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The claim is normative. The gram sabha (Art. 243A), the assembly of every voter in a village, is the one place in India's representative Constitution where the people act in person. Whether its voice is "the will of the people" depends on who speaks, who decides the agenda and whether its resolutions bind anyone.

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