Tag: Civic Poll

After the Supreme Court directed the Tamil Nadu government and the state poll panel to conduct upcoming local bodies’ election by relying on 2011 census instead of the 1991 census as alleged by opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the State Election Commission has said the civic polls will be held as scheduled. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA… Continue reading "After SC order, SEC says TN civic polls will be held as planned"

Ahead of local body polls, State Election Commission convened an all-party meet in Chennai on Thursday. The meeting was chaired by State Election Commissioner R Palaniswamy during which representatives from all major parties took part. AIADMK urged the SEC to conduct elections to local bodies soon but opposition DMK wants the polls to be notified only after completing delimitation process… Continue reading "TN civic polls: SEC holds all-party meeting"