The Andhra Pradesh Government, on the 28th of October, submitted a report to the State Election Commission (SEC) Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar.
The report was based on the conduct of local body elections in the State.
The Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Nilam Sawhney submitted a report to Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar on behalf of the Government.
The meeting was conducted on the evening of the 28th of October.
In the report, the State Chief Secretary said Andhra Pradesh is taking steps to prevent coronavirus but has not yet been fully detained. The government has made it clear in the report that it is difficult to conduct local body elections under these circumstances as about 3,000 cases are reported every day along with 19 deaths.
The Government also brought to the notice of SEC Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar that many government employees and policemen, who are crucial for the conduct of the elections, have been affected by coronavirus. CS provided details of this to SEC by government departments and said in a statement that it would contact the SEC on local body elections as soon as the coronavirus situation in the state come under control.
Ramesh Kumar postponed the local elections last March due to coronavirus. Now MP, MLA, MLC elections are taking place across the country. In this context, the state high court has directed the commissioner to file an affidavit by the 2nd of November in the objections to conduct the local body elections in the state.
However, a final decision about the Local Body elections is yet to be announced.
Stay tuned for further updates.
