Hyderabad: Ever since the Telangana State Election Commissioner C. Parthasarathy announced the decision to commence the elections for the GHMC and released its schedule on November 17, he has been in the eye of a storm.
Opposition parties and citizen bodies have criticised him for the decision for a plethora of reasons, ranging from holding the elections when the Coronavirus pandemic is raging when the Council still have a couple of months to end its term to choosing a long holiday weekend to giving too little time to parties to finalise candidates and campaign.
There were other decisions too which have been contested or protested against, including choosing ballot paper option over the untamperable EVMs to being partisan towards the ruling party, among others, leading to constant bickering between Mr Parthasarathy and the leaders of the opposition.
The SEC was even blamed by several citizens on social media on the day of the polling for the low voter turnout. In an…