Miffed with the delay in announcement of schedule for Delhi civic polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday approched the Supreme Court, seeking directions from the top court to the State Election Commission (SEC) to conduct these elections in a ‘free and fair’ manner.
“AAP moves Supreme Court seeking directions to the SEC to conduct the Delhi municipal elections in a free, fair and expeditious manner, without any interference from the central government,” news agency ANI reported.The Delhi state election commission was scheduled to announce the polls on March 9; however, in a press conference that evening, the body, citing a letter from the Union government, informed that it has decided to defer the announcement of dates for the crucial electoral exercise.
“The announcement has been postponed for a few days as we received a communication from the Centre, who said that it has plans to unify the three municipal corporations. We will seek legal opinion on the issue. Also, since the elections have to be completed before May 18, we still have a lot of time,” SK Srivastava, the state election commissioner, told reporters in the press conference.
