Andhra Pradesh files SLP in apex court on HC verdict allowing panchayat polls

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday expressing its difficulty to
conduct the gram panchayat polls as scheduled by the State Election Commission and hold the Covid-19 vaccination programme simultaneously,
preoccupied with the Covid-19 management and vaccination programmes
It would be difficult to simultaneously handle the vaccination programme and the gram panchayat polls, the SLP stated
The government expressed the fear that performing both the tasks at the same time could jeopardise the safety of the general public and the
employees
Reddy said the government cannot put the lives of employees in peril by forcing them hold the gram panchayat polls
media, Reddy slammed Telugu Desam chief N
Kala Venkata Rao
The police only served a notice on Rao under section 41-A CrPC, asking him to report for an inquiry
Naidu was also making false allegations against the state DGP, he said, and added that such derogatory remarks could invite defamation suits
and payment of compensation
the recent attacks on temples