Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has differred his cabinet meeting, proposed on Sunday evening, as he could not get clearance from the Election Commission of India (ECI). The meeting was called to discuss some urgent issues and due to Election Code the government sought clearance from the ECI. All the ministers and senior officials waited till 7 PM on Sunday for a response from the ECI.
As there was no response from the ECI, Revanth Reddy expressed his displeasure and said that they will wait for ECI permission till Monday. If they still do not get the permission, he said the entire Cabinet will go to Delhi to meet the ECI. However, he did not clarify when they will go to Delhi.
Revanth disclosed that they have sought permission from the ECI to hold the Cabinet meeting as the Election Code is in force in Telangana. He said that they waited at the secretariat from noon to 7 pm but did not get permission, so they turned back. He said that it is nowhere said that important decisions will not be taken when the Election Code is in force.
He revealed that they wanted to discuss issues like farmer welfare, loan waiver, paddy procurement, Kharif crop planning, fund mobilization,bifurcation issues and state formation day on June 2 in the cabinet.
He expressed concern that since the ECI did not allow it, there was no opportunity to discuss what to do on important issues. On the day of polling, CM Revanth decided to hold the state cabinet meeting on Saturday afternoon. The CM said that June 2 is Telangana State’s Formation Day and they are planning to organise 10th Formation day in a big way.
Revanth Reddy also indicated that they want to discuss pending issues related to bifurcation of the state, particularly mutual transfer of employees and assets division. Moreover, Hyderabad ceased to remain as joint capital of two states and Revanth Reddy has already directed officials to take possession of all the government buildings now under AP government in Hyderabad.
