CM Revanth to chair Cabinet meeting at 3 pm today
PNS n hyderabad
The Election Commission of India (ECI) gave its nod to hold the Telangana Cabinet’s meeting subject to certain conditions.
The government decided to convene the Cabinet meeting at 3 pm on Monday. The meeting would be chaired by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.
However, the ECI asked the government to discuss only urgent issues that had to be done before June 4. The ECI directed the government that the Cabinet meeting should not discuss issues like the common capital and the farm loan waiver scheme. The ECI made it clear that the joint capital issue and farm loan waiver can be discussed only after June 4.
The Cabinet can discuss issues like natural calamities and other urgent matters. However, the ECI asked officials involved in election duties not to attend the Cabinet meetings. The ECI said that the state government had addressed a letter on May 16 to it seeking permission to hold a Cabinet meeting.
The ECI’s Principal Secretary, Avinash Kumar, said in reply to the government that the farm loan waiver scheme and the joint capital issue should not be discussed till the election code is lifted on June 4.
It may be recalled that the Chief Minister and Ministers waited in the secretariat till 7 pm on Sunday for ECI nod. However, the CM and the Ministers returned to their residences as there was no response from the Election Commission by postponing the Cabinet meeting.
The Chief Minister decided to discuss issues like the farm loan waiver scheme, paddy procurement, the kharif crop plan and other important issues connected to farmers besides
the conduct of the Telangana Formation Day celebrations on June 2, and all pending issues between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh mentioned in the State Reorganisation Act. However, after the ECI’s instructions, the Cabinet will now discuss only urgent matters like paddy procurement and the problems caused by unseasonal rains.