Andhra SEC reschedules phase 1 of gram panchayat polls ANI | Updated: Jan 25, 2021 19:57 IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 25 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission on Monday rescheduled the dates for the first phase of the Gram Panchayat elections. The first phase will now take place on February 21.
As per the State Election Commission, this will reshuffle the phases that had been initially planned. The previously scheduled second, third and fourth phases will now be the first, second and third respectively.
The dates for the new fourth phase elections will be as follows - Date of issue of notice is February 10, last day for nominations is February 12, scrutiny of nominations will take place on February 13, and the last date for withdrawal of candidatures is February 16.
Andhra gram panchayat polls will be held as scheduled, says state election commission ANI | Updated: Jan 23, 2021 15:09 IST
Andhra Pradesh [India], January 23 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission on Saturday issued the notification for conducting of elections to gram panchayats in the State.
State Election Commissioner N Ramesh Kumar said: The Commission has full belief, confidence, and loyalty towards the judiciary. We are proceeding with election procedure as per the HC order. We will obey the Supreme Court s orders also as the SC will hear the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the state government on Monday. We also will put our version in front of the SC, if necessary.
Andhra SEC s decision to hold panchayat elections undemocratic , says YSRCP spokesperson ANI | Updated: Jan 23, 2021 21:31 IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 23 (ANI): Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) spokesperson and MLA Ambati Rambabu on Saturday said that the State Election Commissioner (SEC) Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar s decision to release a notification for gram panchayat elections despite the state government s special leave petition (SLP) pending in Supreme Court is a symbol of injustice, irregularity and undemocratic in nature. SEC Kumar has released the notification for gram panchayat elections today. He briefed the media in this regard. Instead of speaking on the notification, it seems he spoke like a politician, Rambabu told reporters here.
SEC Overrules AP Govt Objection, Announces Schedule for Gram Panchayat Elections
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Overruling the objections raised by the Jagan Mohan Reddy government, the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission on Friday night announced the schedule for conduct of elections to gram panchayats in four phases beginning February 5. State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, with whom the Jagan regime has been engaged in a battle since March last year, announced the schedule hours after his meeting with Chief Secretary Aditya Nath Das and other top officials.
Reacting to this, the government said announcement of gram panchayat poll schedule was unilateral and amounted to violation of the Supreme Court orders. The SEC has adamantly announced the poll schedule without considering the state governments views.