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AP: SEC is ready to conduct local body polls at any time: SEC Anil Chadar Puneetha

Vijayawada, Oct 13 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Puneetha here on Tuesday held a meeting with the leaders of various political parties and discussed the ensuing local body elections and made it clear that the SES is ready to conduct at any time transparently.
“The State Election Commission is preparing to issue the first notification to conduct local body polls. The SEC will meet Governor S Abdul Nazeer today and explain to him the local body election procedure. The government of AP has finalized the BC reservations as per the verdict of high court and the Supreme Court. The SEC is ready to conduct the local body elections at any time,” he made it clear.
Talking to the media, he said that the SEC explained to the political parties the modalities and guidelines of the local body elections and asked them to follow the rules. He said that he had elicited suggestions from the leaders.
Puneetha said that the SEC had taken the suggestions given by the political party leaders. He asserted that the nomination process and other procedures would be as per the rules and the election process would be transparent.
The SEC said that the political parties told him to take steps to identify the vulnerable, most vulnerable and Naxal infected polling stations and provide adequate security. The political party leaders asked the SEC to provide security to the contesting candidates, he said. The representatives of some political parties asked him to allow for online nomination and he promised to consider their proposal.
Talking to the media, YSRCP leaders K Kannababu, MLC Appireddy and TJR Sudhakar Babu said that the notification would be issued for local body polls tomorrow and the SEC convened a meeting with the political parties today. This itself exposes how transparent the elections would be conducted, they said.
The YSRCP leaders informed that they urged the SEC to deploy Central forces to conduct the local body polls. They also urged the SEC to regulate sale of liquor from the issuance of notification.
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