As told by the CEC that according to the Supre Court directions the Elections for the state Assembly will be held in this year that is 2018 at the earliest. The preparations for the same are going on. The list of the Electorates is being published on 10nth and if any corrections would be done by 25th of his month paving way for the early polls in the state of Telangana.
It may be noted that K Chandrasekhar Rao the caretaker CM after the dissolution of the Assembly, has stated during his visit to Delhi he spoke to the CEC and that they have given an assurance for conducting the polls this year itself. He was also of the gut feeling that the elections would be held in winter this year and that they can avoid the summer heat.
The Telangana state elections commission has stated that -“In the wake of premature dissolution of State Legislative Assembly of Telangana under Article 174 (2) (b) of the Constitution of India on September 6, 2018, the Election Commission of India, after taking all aspects into consideration and the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the matter of Special Reference No.1 of 2002, has decided to stop all the activities relating to ongoing Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls with reference to January 1, 2019, as qualifying date in the State of Telangana with immediate effect and also to order second Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls with reference to January 1, 2018 as qualifying date in the State.” The orders make it clear that the EC will go ahead with the voter’s list published on January 1, 2018.
