INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
VISAKHAPATNAM: Legislative Assembly speaker Tammineni Seetharam called for a referendum on conduct of gram panchayat polls in the state if
need be.Addressing mediapersons on Saturday, he slammed state election commissioner N
Ramesh Kumar for going ahead with the polls even as the state government had been expressing its difficulty because the dates clash with the
provides the right to life to the citizens and expressed concern that the decision would affect people
He urged the SEC to re-think on the issue
Constitution, he said that nowhere was it written to conduct polls even if it would jeopardise the lives of the people and added that NGOs
had boycotted election duty while police would also join them
to conduct polls though they were to be held in 2018
He also found fault with the election commissioner for failing to consider the opinion of the Chief Secretary and asked him whether it was
not a violation of judgement delivered by the judiciary
