Hyderabad: Congress MLC Balmoor Venkat here on Wednesday requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to declare May 27 as a paid holiday in view of Telangana Legislative Council from Warangal, Khammam and Nalgonda Graduates Constituency elections.
In a memorandum submitted to Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vikas Raj here, Venkat said the byelections to the Telangana Legislative Councils from Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda Graduates Constituency were scheduled to be conducted on May 27 on working day.
“Several graduates’ voters from the constituencies concerned represented to me that the election is on a working day. To facilitate graduate voters from the government, public and private sectors to cast their votes, the election date may be treated as a paid holiday in the Graduates Constituencies,” he said.
On furnishing a voter ID by the employee, the management should consider a paid holiday on May 27 so that the percentage of votes will also improve to select their candidates.
