• Dr. B. Rajendra Prasad

ABSTRACT The hovering question is ‘Can we have the democracy without elections? or Can we have elections without democracy? The presence of Local Institutions is by itself a significant achievement and would create an atmosphere and platform for people’s participation in government. In local bodies the number of elected representatives has increased significantly. The constitution also mandated the transfer of a list of functions from the State government to the Urban Local bodies. These functions have been listed in the Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution. The responsiveness of the state and its institutions to the needs and aspirations of the people, and inclusive citizenship are imperative to good governance. The local government is a ‘ State subject’. States are free to make their own laws on this subject. According to dictionaries, ‘self-government’ is a government under the control and direction of the inhabitants of a political unit rather than by an outside authority. State Governments to constitute and empower by legislation the local bodies so that they could act as the units of self-governments. The studies of several notable scholars on the working of the Panchayat Raj in different States and the Status Report of the Ministry of Panchayat Raj 1996 lead us to the implication that the Gandhian ideal of Gram Swaraj remains an partial agenda even after seven decades of the implementation of the Panchayat Raj on the recommendation of the BalwantRai Mehta Study Team on October 2, 1959. 73rd Amendment was implemented by various States in 1994. Therefore, concerted, systematic and sustained endeavours are needed on the part of those for whom Gram Swaraj remains a cherished dream for the empowerment of people and for making national development of India a participatory democracy. So the author of this paper would like to give a picture of Urban Local Bodies elections conducted in the month of March ,2021 after many years and also after serious attempts put by the government of Andhra Pradesh to post phone the elections due to Covid-19 and at the same time State Election Commission succeeded through court judgements to conduct the local bodies elections in Andhra Pradesh State. So in this paper focus is on elections for Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) conducted in Andhra Pradesh on 10.03.2021.This is useful for the development of this State. Key Words-Participatory Democracy, Local Bodies, Responsiveness, Self -Governments __________________________________________________________________________

Key Words-Participatory Democracy, Local Bodies, Responsiveness, Self -Governments

"A Study on Urban Local Self-Governments Elections In Andhra Pradesh, 2021 (With special reference to Krishna District)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 4, page no.336-342, April-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2104246.pdf

"A Study on Urban Local Self-Governments Elections In Andhra Pradesh, 2021 (With special reference to Krishna District)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 4, page no. pp336-342, April-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2104246.pdf