If the reports appearing in a section of media are to be believed, Andhra Pradesh state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar is likely to recommend to the Supreme Court for imposition of President’s Rule in the state on the pretext of a Constitutional crisis.
Hours after announcing the election schedule, State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, failed to hold the video conference with the district officials on Saturday.
Andhra Pradesh state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar might have thought he has pushed the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government to a corner by issuing the notification for the panchayat raj elections.
State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar on Saturday, released the Panchayat Election notification.
An FIR is filed mentioning Chandrababu Naidu as Accused No-1. It is known that YCP MP Vijayasai Reddy was attacked by the mobs at Ramateertham a few weeks ago.
The Andhra Pradesh Police Officers Association (APPOA), which represents the police department, is being compelled to issue clarifications and rebuttals on a regular basis like never before amid the prevailing charged political scenario in the state.
The Supreme Court had admitted the case of the AP government against the gram panchayat elections and posted the case for hearing on Monday.
It is a clear battle of egos that is witnessed in Andhra Pradesh since March 2020, when State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, a retired IAS, postponed the local body elections without any information to the State government.
It looks like a Constitutional crisis of sorts is brewing in Andhra Pradesh with all the state government employees expressing their reluctance to participate in the process of conducting gram panchayat elections, notification for which will be issued by the state election commission on Saturday.
With a just a day left for the issuance of notification for the gram panchayat elections in Andhra Pradesh, state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar displayed his vengeance towards the Jagan Mohan Reddy government.
Senior YSRCP leader and Rajya Sabha member V. Vijayasai Reddy alleged on Friday that TDP supremo Nara Chandrababu Naidu has no honesty, shame or justice.
Power star and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan surprised his fans by appearing in saffron robes when he came out of Sri Venkateshwara temple in Tirumala after having the darshan of the Lord on Friday morning.
The Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government’s attempt to stall the conduct of elections to local bodies by the Andhra Pradesh state election commission by moving the Supreme Court on Friday did not succeed, even as SEC Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar is gearing up for a final showdown.
In wake of some students and parents complaining about excess fees being collected by private intermediate colleges in Andhra Pradesh, state regulatory body, the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE), on Thursday warned their managements to refrain and reduce fees by 30 per cent as ordered earlier.
Even after the division bench of the Andhra Pradesh state high court on Thursday cleared the decks for conduct of elections to gram panchayats in February, uncertainty continues to prevail over the elections even now.