Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday heard the lunch-motion petition filed by the YSRC seeking direction to the state election commission to extend the last date for filing of nominations by 48 hours in the districts where their party nominees were not allowed to file their nominations in the rural local body elections.
The YSRC had also sought a direction to the police to book cases on those who attacked and threatened and take up inquiry on them. A single-judge bench of Justice Gandam Sunitha heard the petition here on Friday.
The petitioner YSRC’s counsel Subramanya Sriram argued that the ruling party leaders in collusion with the police were not allowing the YSRC nominees to file their nominations for the MPTC and ZPTC member posts and observed that the SEC failed to organise the elections properly.
Advocate general Dammalapati Srinivas on behalf of the state government submitted that the YSRC nominees filed 12,500 nominations for the MPTCs so far and argued that if they were not allowed to file the nominations, how such a huge number of nominations were filed by the YSRC members. He submitted that there were some minor incidents of disturbance and such incidents could not be attributed to the entire state.
After hearing both parties, the court adjourned the case for next hearing on October 26.
AP HC orders security for nominees
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the State Election Commission (SEC) and the police to provide protection to candidates filing nominations for the rural local body elections, in accordance with the Supreme Court’s directions.
A single-judge Bench headed by Justice Gandham Sunitha heard a batch of petitions filed by YSR Congress (YSRC) candidates here on Friday. The petitioners alleged that the police were not providing protection when they went to file nomination papers for the Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) elections.
Counsels for the petitioners, Chinthala Suman, V.R. Reddy Kovvuri, V. Sai Kumar, S. Rama Lakshman Reddy and M. Santosh Reddy, alleged that the police, in collusion with the ruling party, were preventing YSRC nominees from filing their nominations. They said that despite bringing the issue to the notice of the SEC, the Commission had failed to respond appropriately.
Representing the police department, counsels A. Jayanthi and Ajay Kumar submitted that no one was being obstructed from filing nominations. They said the police were only restricting the entry of large groups of people into nomination centres. After hearing both sides, the court directed the police to provide adequate security to the candidates in accordance with the Supreme Court’s directions.
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