Kadapa: State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar said on Saturday that shadow teams are being deployed to keep a watch on the Gram Panchayat elections and take appropriate action if anyone violated poll rules.
“It is the duty of the election commission to hold elections at the right time. The elections would be held in accordance with the Constitutional stipulations,” he told the media after holding a review meeting with officials here. The SEC said ten petitions seeking a stay of the elections were under consideration of the court.
He said elections to 36 per cent of the panchayats were unanimous in 2006. “In 2013, that number dropped to 20 per cent. Let us see how the scenario would shape up this time. Enforcing unanimous elections is unconstitutional,” he said.
The SEC said if there should be contests for the assembly and Parliament, why not for the Panchayats? Shadow teams would take rounds of various areas to guard against use of force by any…