Hyderabad: On the early polls talk taking its zenith in Telangana, Chief Election Commissioner, Om Prakash Rawath today said the Election Commission is to take a call in seven days. The EC is yet to take a call on the key issue of holding early polls for Telangana in the wake of dissolution of Assembly, he said.
Talking to mediapersons in Delhi, the CEC clarified that he heard Telangana Government Advisor Rajiv Sharma, the officials and others from Telangana on the early polls.
The EC, he said, was bound to hold elections within six months of dissolution of any Assembly of a State. “As per Supreme Court directive, we are bound to hold elections within six months and a decision will be taken soon”, he noted.
Rawath also said for Telangana the elections may be conducted in November or December or in May next year and the date is yet to be finalized. Notwithstanding, the EC is seriously looking into the possible conduct of early elections for Telangana along with four other States. The CEC said it was not right to talk about the schedule of the EC on the elections to the State on obtaining a report from CEO on the poll preparedness. On TRS chief and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s statement of early polls for Telangana in November, he said leaders are ought not to talk on such things.
Meanwhile, CPI leaders S Sudhakar Reddy, K Narayana met Rawath and complained against KCR for talking of schedule of early polls. (NSS)
