Hyderabad, October 8 (Gatla News): The local body elections in the state have been postponed. The hearing in the High Court on the issue of BC reservation in the state has been postponed to Thursday. In this context, the High Court has refused to stay the conduct of local body elections. The court did not consider the arguments of the petitioner who filed a petition to postpone the local body elections in the state on Wednesday. The local body election process is about to begin in the state. With the state high court giving the go-ahead, the State Election Commission will issue a notification on Thursday. In the first phase, elections will be held for MPTC and ZPTC seats. Notifications will be issued for 2963 MPTC and 292 ZPTC seats on the 9th of this month. Officials. The nomination process will be held from the 9th to the 11th of this month based on the election schedule. Polling will be held on the 23rd of this month and counting will be held on November 11.
@ Tension over BC reservations….
A hearing on BC reservations will be held in the state High Court on Thursday. It is known that Madava Reddy and Samudrala Ramesh challenged the gazette issued by the state government to implement 42 percent reservation for BCs after the release of the local body election schedule last month. R. Krishnaiah and Hanumanthu Rao filed an impleaded petition against BC reservations, and the hearing was held on Wednesday. The lawyers on behalf of the petitions argued that the BC census did not show scientific evidence for the 42 percent reservation, but the figures were not disclosed. It is said that reservations for SCs and STs are based on the 2011 population. The government does not have information about whether the population of SCs and STs has increased or decreased, so how will BC reservations be implemented without taking a census of SCs and STs? They questioned how they are not against holding constitutional elections, but how can they be held unconstitutionally. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, while hearing the arguments on behalf of the government, said that all parties unanimously approved the BC Reservation Bill and now it is not right to ask for a stay on GO No. 9. He said that the government reservations can be increased beyond 50 percent based on the report given by the BC Special Dedicated Commission. However, the High Court has postponed its verdict on this matter to Thursday. It is certain that local body elections will be held in the state. The local body election rush will begin in the state after the High Court refused to stay the schedule issued by the Election Commission. As the nomination process is in three days, there will be a buzz among political parties. While the ruling Congress party is the only one ready for the elections, the BJP is also ready to stand in the election camp. The election notification, which the BRS party has been acting cautiously for the court’s decision, will be released on Thursday. In this context, all parties have been holding consultations since Wednesday evening for the victory of the Mandal Parishad and Zilla Parishad. However, with the court’s verdict on BC reservations on Thursday, the uncertainty over the implementation of reservations will be removed. The ruling Congress party is ready to give 42 percent tickets to BCs on behalf of its party if the court does not accept the 42 percent BC reservation. The BJP and BRS are getting ready for the local body elections agenda.
