Telangana may head for early elections

hyderabad — Telangana may be heading for an early polls as all eyes are on a crucial state cabinet meeting followed by a massive public meeting by the ruling TRS here on Sunday.

Amid strong indications of polls being advanced, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is all set to hold a massive show of strength.

The rally will be preceded by a meeting of the state cabinet, which is likely to decide for dissolution of Assembly, seven months ahead of its term.

TRS leaders said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will take “key decisions” at the cabinet meeting and announce them at the public meeting.

The cabinet may pass a resolution to dissolve the Assembly and recommend this to Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan. If the Election Commission agrees, the polls may be held in December along with the elections in three other states — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

The state cabinet will meet at 1pm while the public meeting is scheduled to begin an hour later.

For the last few weeks, Rao had been dropping hints of assembly elections being advanced. He has already declared that the party will announce the candidates in September.

KCR, as Rao is popularly known, is keen to advance the assembly polls to avoid simultaneous elections to the Assembly and the Parliament.

His two meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August further added to the speculation. Over the last few days, he announced sops for various sections of people and also transferred IAS and IPS officers. —