VIJAYAWADA: The Telugu Desam on Sunday sought intervention of Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan to conduct local polls and said the present political situation may attract invocation of Article 356 in Andhra Pradesh – meaning dismissal of the YSRC government and imposition of direct rule by the President.
The party said the YSRC government was bent on using Covid-19 as a pretext to postpone the local polls till after June 2022.
Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said the governor must make sure government employees are fielded for election duty irrespective of whether or not the state government agreed for polls. Article 243K(3) provided for allotment of employees for poll work. The conduct of the elections was the sole responsibility of the state election commission (SEC) as per Articles 243A and 243K (1), he said.
Referring to Article 243K(3), Ramakrishnudu said the governor shall, when so requested by the state election…