In Andhra Pradesh, local body elections are likely to be canceled altogether. The problem arose with the issuance of two ordinances on the same subject. The Supreme Court has already clarified the same. But now state chief electoral officer Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar is worried about how he'll be handling the situation, how to respond to ordinances. The issue of announcing that the election process will be canceled altogether is creating high tension.
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While the SEC has postponed the local elections in AP in the wake of Corona, information is there that the government has also issued ordinances to remove him. With this, he appealed to the High Court, eventually, he won the case and recently took charge again. But the pedestal is on the conduct of the election. The Government of Andhra Pradesh issued Ordinance No. 2 on February 19 in the name of reforms in local body elections. With the inclusion of key elements in it but the opposition then objected. It shortened the election process to 15 days and brought in a new rule that a candidate could have his or her election ticket canceled within five years if they couldn't prove their work, including evidence of cash and alcohol distribution.
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SEC Ramesh Kumar has issued local election notification in accordance with Ordinance 2. The nomination process for ZPTC and MPTC candidates is over. The nomination process for Sarpanch candidates has not yet started. But the SEC postponed the election due to the pandemic. This led to a war of words between the SEC and the AP government.