Govt pins hopes on HC to show way on LB polls conundrum
The state government is keeping its fingers crossed as it waits for a ruling by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in connection with the much awaited Panchayat Raj elections, expected to be delivered on Tuesday.
The High Court ruling will facilitate the N Kiran Kumar Reddy government to decide further whether to dispense with a proposed Ordinance or conduct fresh elections to the PR Institutions.
Earlier, the State Sarpanchs’ Union approached the Court for directing the government not to cross the 50 percent reservations as per the ruling of the Supreme Court.
Admitting their writ petition, the Court directed the State Election Commissioner to submit details of the quota before it.
In the light of the Sarpanchs’ Writ petition and the High Court’s direction to the State Election Commission, the much awaited ‘Ordinance’ to appoint Special Officers for the Panchayat Raj Institutions has currently been diverted to a loop line, according to government sources.
The appointment of Special Officers to the Mandal and Zilla Praja Parishads assumed importance as the term of the elected pr bodies would come to an end in July and August respectively.
In case the elections to the said PR Institutions are delayed, there is a need to have special officers. The said draft of the Ordinance was sent for Governor's approval on Friday.
In the absence of the elected Panchayat Raj Bodies, the state would not be eligible to draw Central funds for MPPs and ZPPs and developmental works will take a back seat again.
Both the exercises – Reservations’ notification to Panchayat Raj Bodies and the ‘Ordinance’ for amending provisions in Panchayat Raj Act for appointing Special Officers, are contradictory to each other.
The promulgation of the cited ‘Ordinance’ after the notification of elections results in violation of Code of Conduct.
But official sources are of the opinion that the state is within its limitations to maintain status quo as the rules under the Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 had so far not been questioned by any Court.(INN)
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The exit polls have not exactly pleased KCR. Even the pre-poll surveys reported that the TRS was sure to lose some seats.
According to the exit poll results, the TRS may retain about 10 assembly seats from the 16 that it held before the by polls. Out of the four Lok Sabha seats, the TRS is ahead in two and neck and neck in the third seat. So here also, the TRS is set to lose one or two seats.
The ruling congress is expected to bag anywhere between three and four assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat. Even the TDP is expected to romp home with two or three assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat.
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2011/6/16 5:38:52 Information and Public Relation Minister D K Aruna on Thursday said that the government is willing to conduct the elections for Panchayat Raj institutions, contrary to reports stating that the stay on the polls by a Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has given the ruling Congress a lifeline.
Talking to media persons after attending the Cabinet meeting at the Secretariat, Ms Aruna asserted that the government was willing to conduct the polls for the PR Institutions, in response to calls for clarifications on the High Court ruling.
Asked to clarify the government stand on the High Court’s recent ruling striking down GO 128 in respect of the quota for BCs, the Minister said that the government was in favour of PR elections in the light of Apex Court’s Order that the ceiling of 50 percent be observed.
Earlier, she made clear that the state Cabinet did not discuss on GO 128 at all. “The government is for polls at any time,” Ms Aruna said.
Meanwhile, official sources say that the government has another month’s time, till July 21, to arrive at a decision to go ahead with the said polls.(INN)
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2012/5/6 1:58:24 Ongole, May 6 (INN): Bharatiya Janata Party national secretary Dr K Laxman on Sunday predicted the fall of Kiran Kumar Reddy Government after the by-elections.
Talking to reporters here, Dr Laxman said that the State administration was in bad shape in the State and it would deteriorate further after the announcement of by-elections' results. He said the misadministration and political uncertainty would lead to the collapse of Kiran Kumar Reddy Government after the by-polls.
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Dr Laxman announced that the BJP would contest from a majority of 18 assembly seats where by-elections would be held on June 12. While expressing confidence of winning the elections, he said the by-polls would also help the party to guage the sentiments related to separate Telangana and united Andhra Pradesh.
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This is seen as a severe setback for the TRS chief Chandrashekar Rao as he touted the Singareni elections as a precursor to the assembly polls. A good show here would have strengthened his hands and also the image of the party. The TDP backed the AITUC in a last minute arrangement, which also was one of the factors for the defeat of the Telangana Boggu Gani Karmika Sangam.
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"No, never again," was Shekhar's response when reporters asked him about his political plans. He was a Congress party candidate from Patna in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls pitted against Shatrughan Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had lost at the hustings.
Shekhar, 52, promises a "more refined, funnier 'Movers and Shakers'", which will now come on SAB TV.
"The show (the first version) was path-breaking in many terms and we have only set tougher and higher benchmarks for us for the new innings," he added.
Suman, who was in Lucknow Thursday to promote the show, said the show would have a mix of new and old guests and said that it would be shot only a day in advance to ensure it is as fresh and newsy as it could be.
2008/5/12 2:09:34 The ensuing by polls are turning out to be a big source of worry and headache to the TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao. Many TRS activist themselves are saying of the record that the party will not be able to retain all the 16 assembly seas and the four parliament seats.
The reasons for the setback are being put squarely at the door of KCR. He is being blamed to have forced the MLAs to quit and go in for fresh polls. Many TRS MLAs have a pos rerecord as legislators in the last fours years. The people in their consistencies are none to happy with their track record.
KCR’s highhandedness and internal bickering will cost the party dearly, say some senior TRS men. By current indications, the TRS is facing an uphill task in two Lok Sabha and eight assembly constituencies i.e. in 50 percent of the seats.
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Mugdha Godse tasted success with her debut film "Fashion", but after that her films didn't do so well at the box office. Now the actress has her hopes pinned on her first romantic comedy "Will You Marry Me".
"I have my hopes high for every movie I do and I have more hopes from this movie because this is my first romantic comedy and it's a light-hearted and a youth film. So, I have a feeling that people are going to like it," the 25-year-old said at a promotional event here for the film.
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