http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Maya-in-a-a-fix-over-urban-local-bodies-elections/articleshow/9901837.cms
Maya in a a fix over urban local bodies elections
Ashish Tripathi, TNN | Sep 7, 2011, 10.55PM IST
LUCKNOW: The Mayawati government is in a fix on holding urban local
bodies in the state.
The Election Commission has asked the state government to conduct
urban local bodies elections between last week of September and first
week of November, as the term of the existing elected bodies is
expiring on November 30.
However, the amendments in the rules of urban body and mayoral
elections done by the state government are either subjudice or
awaiting governor's approval. In such a situation, the state
government will either have to go for the elections as per the old
rules or defer them. The deferment, however, can be done only on the
grounds of ""public interes"" or ""unavoidable circumstances"".
The state government had earlier this year proposed two amendments in
the local bodies poll -- elections for the municipal corporations and
municipalities not to be held on political party symbols and that the
elections for the post of mayor and municipal chairpersons will be
indirect. The decision of not holding elections on party symbol was
stayed by the Allahabad High Court in May this year. The government
has filed a special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court. On the
other hand, the governor has not approved the UP Urban Local Self
Government Act (second amendment) 2011 which provides for indirect
mayoral elections.
The high court order and governor's decision not to sign the amendment
came as a blow for the Mayawati government which did not want the
elections on party lines because of the party's poor influence in
urban areas. The ruling BSP feels that a defeat in urban local bodies
elections would affect party's prospects adversely in assembly
elections due next year in April-May as difference between the two
elections is of four months. Sources said that the state government
will take a final decision on holding local bodies elections after
taking legal opinion. The Opposition parties, however, are mounting
pressure for holding elections in time.
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