Corruption-free Tahsildar office this! If two of the elected MPTC members join hands, they can corner the president and vice-president posts of the Mandal Parishad. The question is whether the State Election Commission will order toss of the coin like in gram panchayat elections. Stating that people in Telangana too were seeking such a change he felt that it should begin with the ensuing rural local bodies’ elections. This confirmed Telangana’s contention that seniority lists were finalised by AP Home department in violation of the procedure.

Source: The Hindu April 21, 2019 17:15 UTC