Goa, Nov. 24 -- The Verna gram sabha on Sunday descended into prolonged chaos after villagers confronted the panchayat over missing and improperly recorded minutes of not just the previous meeting held in July, but also the April gram sabha.

The session, which began with residents questioning why they had received limited notice to prepare for the meeting, quickly veered into a heated debate over procedural lapses. Villagers also sought clarity on whether they would be allowed to raise questions openly instead of restricting their queries to written submissions.

However, more than an hour of the proceedings was consumed by disputes over the failure of the former panchayat secretary to correctly record minutes of past meetings. As discus...