The Panchayat Mahakumbh — organised to award the Panchayats which have done good work in comprehensive development of their areas — saw the online registration system of births and deaths in the rural areas of the State. While hailing it as another important step in the direction of digital empowerment, the State Panchayati Raj Minister Arvind Pandey announced that he would talk with the gram pradhans. However, the proposed discussion session did not take place after distemper rocked the rural body congregation following the allegedly coercive behaviour of the Minister. The rural body members who came from different parts of the State headed to take lunch after they came to learn that the discussion session had been cancelled.