If the reports coming from the Telugu Desam Party sources are to be believed, Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is happy for postponement of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation elections indefinitely.The reason behind this is he fears to loose in elecetions says sources.
The Naidu government is planning to defer the polls on the pretext of merger of several villages with the corporation. But the matter is in the court now; so, there is no possibility of conducting the elections until and unless the court gives its clearance.
At the same time, the delimitation of the wards and preparation of new electoral rolls are still not done and is yet to be undertaken. Sources say the GVMC elections cannot be held before 2019 general elections.
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It was evident from the statement of Naidu in the recent meet of party workers in Visakhapatnam that it would be better if the GVMC elections were held along with the assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
“For the last five years, citizens are suffering without an elected municipal council to address their problems. The government is searching for excuses to postpone the GVMC elections,” Amarnath said.
