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Supreme Court asks EC & Telangana to explain why early polls

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Election Commission and Telangana State government on the alleged irregularities in the voter list.

It may be mentioned here that Telangana State Congress leader Marri Shashidhar Reddy alleged several irregularities in voter list and urged the Apex Court to direct the Election Commission and the State government to hold elections on the scheduled date May 31.

Responding to the petition, Supreme Court has asked the EC to stop the schedule of the process of purification of voter list till the hearing in the case was completed. The Court also directed the Election Commission and the Telangana State government to give an explanation within one week. (NSS)