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Reddy wins court battle against Andhra EC: No panchayat elections for now

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/12/2021 11:34:04 AM

Hyderabad, Jan 11 The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday suspended the election notification issued by the State Election commission (SEC) which envisaged the conduct of the local body elections in Andhra Pradesh in February 2021. This was in response to a plea by the state government against the conduct of these elections. The court came down heavily on the SEC charging it with not undertaking an objective view of the matter and ruled that in the larger interest of public health, its orders were suspended. Without a doubt, it is a shot in the arm for the YSRCP government whose Panchayat Raj secretary had described the SEC decision as "a brazen display of arrogance of power". It had argued in court that holding the gram panchayat polls at this time would hamper the vaccination drive for Covid-19 that is due to start from 16 January. It also takes the sails out of the Telugu Desam that had petitioned the Governor over how the government was unwilling to help in the conduct of the elections. But the real story is how the ugly spat between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy and State Election.