POSTAL BALLOTS: YSRC to challenge HC’s order not to interfere in EC’s directive
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2024-06-02 19:21 GMT
Vijayawada: The YSR Congress would move the Supreme Court to challenge the AP High Court’s order not to interfere with the Election Commission’s directive on the validity of postal ballots.
YSRC general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy stated this here on Sunday.
The Election Commission had issued a directive about Form 13A. It said, “Postal ballots where the attesting officer as authorised by the RO put his signature identifying the elector, based on his personal knowledge/identification but has not mentioned his name, designation or put his seal, be considered valid by the RO for further processing of the postal ballot at the time of counting.”
TD’s senior leader Velagapudi Ramakrishna filed a caveat in the SC through his lawyer Guntur Prabhakar. The SC that held a hearing on the YSRC’s plea was urged, there in, to take a final decision only after hearing the argument raised by the TD also.