Election Commission says KCR push on early Telangana polls preposterous
New Delhi: The Election Commission has called the possibility of early polls in Telangana as pushed by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's party as preposterous.
In response to Rao's idea that Telangana assembly be dissolved eight months before schedule to clear decks for early polls, Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat told NDTV: "KCR's comments on elections are preposterous and uncalled for."
"We are mandated by the Supreme Court to conduct elections at the earliest possible and there should be no delay," he told the channel.
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