The Election Commission is likely to hold the Telangana Assembly elections at the earliest after June.
As per schedule, the Telangana Assembly elections should be held on or before December 2023. But the BJP-led Central Government does not want to give much time to Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to set right things politically and administratively.
As per rules, the Election Commission can hold Assembly elections at any time before the scheduled date. That means after June the Election Commission can hold Assembly elections at any time.
Once the Election Commission announces the election schedule the model code of conduct will come into force immediately. KCR can have a free hand in the administration till June-end. Once the Election Commission announces the election schedule administration will go into the hands of the Election Commission.
After that, for everything like the transfer of officials, KCR will have to depend on the Election Commission. The Election Commission’s attitude towards the KCR government was revealed two months ago regarding the inauguration of the new secretariat.
After the Karnataka Assembly elections, the Election Commission will concentrate on the Telangana Assembly elections. The BJP leadership has a lot of hope about coming to power in Telangana and it is awaiting Assembly elections eagerly.
The Election Commission is likely to announce the election schedule early to take over the Telangana administration. Election Commission officials have already started visiting Telangana to oversee preparations for the Assembly elections.
Election Commission officials have issued guidelines to the Chief Electrical Officer of TS regarding preparations for Assembly elections.
While the ruling BRS wants to delay Assembly elections as far as possible, opposition parties like the Congress and the BJP want Assembly elections as early as possible as they think that the BRS is going to be defeated in the elections. But the BRS is confident of registering a hat-trick victory.
