Bulkan blasts Manickchand over Kara Kara toll row
Former communities minister Ronald Bulkan has accused Local Government Minister Priya Manickchand of acting like an 'overlord' over bodies the constitution keeps independent. The dispute centres on tolls at the Kara Kara Public Road in Linden. Manickchand lit the fuse on September 1, when she instructed Linden Town Clerk Lennox Gasper to cease the toll operation. Bulkan says her directive rides roughshod over the autonomy of local government organs.
<p>(Kaieteur News) – Former Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has accused Local Government Minister Priya Manickchand of acting as an “overlord” of constitutionally autonomous local government organs, as the controversy over tolls at Kara Kara Public Road in Linden escalates. Bulkan’s intervention came after Manickchand on September 1 instructed Linden Town Clerk Lennox Gasper to “cease […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://kaieteurnewsonline.com/2026/09/03/bulkan-blasts-manickchand-over-kara-kara-toll-row/">Bulkan blasts Manickchand over Kara Kara toll row</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kaieteurnewsonline.com">Kaieteur News</a>.</p>
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