Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) has decided to send a team of officials to Telangana to assess the logistical preparedness of holding elections, keeping in view the possibility of early Assembly elections in the state. However, senior Election Commission officials said that the election watchdog was weighing the option of holding Telangana elections along with state polls slated for later this year. “The Election Commission will review the ground-level preparedness with chief electoral officer of Telangana and make up its mind about timing of elections for Telangana,” Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rao had said on Thursday that he had met the EC earlier and the Assembly elections might be held in November.

Source: Mint September 07, 2018 17:03 UTC