The Times of India
HYDERABAD: Chief electoral officer I V Subba Rao said on Saturday that the Election Commission has nothing to do with the arrests of TRS Medak MP Vijayashanti and Sangareddy Congress MLA T Jayaprakash Reddy. Six nominations were filed on the second day of the notification.
The CEO said that the commission took cognizance of the statements of Vijayashanti and Jayaprakash Reddy and informed it to the ECI. The EC has not directed the police to arrest the leaders. There are certain provisions in the law for the police to arrest and they have acted according to that, said Rao. The EC issued notices to Jayaprakash Reddy on Saturday and asked him to reply by July 5.
Meanwhile, TRS leader T Harish Rao filed his nomination papers from Siddipet constituency while TDP leader B Janardhan filed from Chennur constituency. Vinay Bhaskar (TRS) filed papers from Warangal West, K Taraka Rama Rao (TRS) from Sircilla, independent candidates R Chakravarthy from Nizamabad Urban and Ravinder Goud from Vemulawada. For more details please Click Here
