HC gives nod for Local Bodies Polls

Hyderabad | Tuesday | 16th April, 2019

Summary:

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court today gave its nod for holding elections to Local Bodies in Telangana State. With this, the State Election Commission can now go in for holding the polls for ZPTCs and MPTCs across 32 districts in Telangana State. Thus, the State Election Commission can hold the polls for ZPTCs and MPTCs in the State, the High court ruled. The petitioner argued that injustice was being meted out to the BCs while SCs and STs are getting due share in the local bodies polls. The Court was hearing a case against the polls that there was no priority for BCs and reservations were not being followed..