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Polls in February won’t affect vaccination, national policy yet to be out: SEC to HC

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com VIJAYAWADA: Stating that panchayat elections will not affect Covid-19 vaccination programme in any manner, State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar appealed to the Andhra Pradesh High Court to dismiss the petition filed by the State government challenging the SEC decision to hold local elections in February 2021. In a counter filed on Thursday, Ramesh

SEC blames Telangana on civic polls

Source: deccanchronicle.com Hyderabad: Making it clear that it did not relate to the ongoing controversy on division and delimitation of wards in municipalities, the Telangana State Election Commission (SEC) informed the Telangana High Court that it required a maximum of 20 days to conduct elections to the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) in the state, after determination

Municipal elections must be held within five months, says Telangana High Court

Source: newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday directed that the municipal elections be conducted within five months. It gave the State government 119 days to complete the pre-poll exercise of the municipalities and municipal corporations and granted another 27 days to the State Election Commission (SEC) to hold the elections after the government