#local-body-polls
Local body polls on hold as Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan huddle over rebels
After the Supreme Court order halted the election process for 100 urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh, chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan met on Thursday. They discussed how to take the polls forward and the problem of rebel candidates.
Poll violence 'will not stop us', says YSRCP; demands judge-led probe
YSRCP has demanded an inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into alleged police firing in Pulivendula during local body poll nominations. The party accused the ruling TDP government of blocking nominations to claim uncontested victories.
59 officers, torn papers and a Supreme Court plea: YSRCP refuses to quit Andhra's local polls
Alleging attacks, arrests and obstruction of nominations in Andhra Pradesh's local body elections, the YSRCP has moved the Supreme Court and demanded an inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into alleged police firing in Pulivendula.
Supreme Court to hear Vijayan's plea and YSRCP's Andhra poll complaint on Oct 21
A special Supreme Court Bench will hear two pleas on Wednesday: one by former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the alleged CMRL case, and another by the YSRCP alleging that violence in Andhra Pradesh stopped its candidates from filing nominations for local body polls.