The Telangana local body elections are likely to be delayed further and are likely to be held by the end of November. It is learnt that the government will request the High Court for more time as the implementation of the reservation process related to these elections is likely to be delayed.
The state government, which had already planned to implement 42 percent reservation for BCs, passed the BC Bill in the Assembly and sent it to the President, but the bill is currently pending in Delhi. Despite the CM, ministers and MPs going to Delhi several times to request and hold dharnas on this, no action has been taken so far.
With this, the time given by the court is till the end of this month, the state government held a special assembly session two days ago and amended the laws brought by the previous government to not exceed 50 percent reservation.
The government has introduced these two bills in the assembly by amending Section 285(A) of the Panchayati Raj Act, 2018 and Section 29 of the Municipal Act, 2019. Currently, the assembly has sent these two bills for the approval of the Governor. However, these bills are also currently pending with the Governor.
It is learned that the Governor has sent these bills for legal advice. This is reported to further delay the approval of these bills. Even if the Governor approves the two bills that were amended two days ago, it will be difficult for the Panchayati Raj and Municipal departments to provide reservation to BCs in a very short time, and as part of that, it is learned that the government is likely to request the court for more time.
In addition, it is learned that the government is also planning to make the Congress party candidate win in the upcoming Jubilee Hills by-elections and then hold local body and municipal elections. It seems that the Congress is thinking that if their party candidate wins the Jubilee Hills by-election, the party will gain momentum across the state, which will have an impact on the local body elections.
In this context, the government is likely to write a letter to the State Election Commission in addition to requesting the court. The government is likely to mention the reasons for the delay in the local body elections in this letter, according to the news agency. The government is likely to take a decision on the elections on the permission given by the court.