HC to hear petitions on MPTC & ZPTC elections on March 1
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The High Court posted a batch of writ petitions, together with the one filed by Jana Sena Party (JSP), in opposition to the State Election Commission’s determination to resume the method of elections to MPTCs and ZPTCs from the place it was paused in final March owing to COVID, for listening to on March 1.
In his petition, JSP secretary Chillapalli Srinivasa Rao mentioned the SEC needs to be restrained from continuing with the MPTC and ZPTC election course of from the stage the place it was postponed, in view of the a number of cases of violence, prevention of submitting of nominations and compelled withdrawal of nominations reported later.
He appealed that the SEC be directed to situation a recent notification to guarantee free and honest elections thereby defend democracy.
Mr. Rao argued that the SEC’s order for an inquiry into the acts of violence and irregularities was nothing however eyewash, and if it proceeded with the elections, it could quantity to diluting what occurred earlier and making a mockery of democracy.
The motion of SEC in continuing additional on the premise of its practically a year-old notification (dated March 7, 2020) was unlawful, arbitrary and opposite to the course supplied below Articles 151(1), 179(1) and 243-K of the Constitution and the AP Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, the JSP chief said.
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