Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is likely to hold mid-term elections to the state assembly next year, if one were to read between the lines of his statements made on Thursday.
According to Leader of Opposition in Telangana State Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir, KCR clearly hinted at holding mid-term Assembly elections in 2017.
He pointed out that the Chief Minister, while addressing the second anniversary celebrations of Telangana Formation Day on 2nd June at Parade Grounds, promised irrigation of one crore acres of land by 2022. Similarly, he promised a drought-free State by 2022.
"KCR got a mandate only till 2019. Therefore, he should speak about projects or schemes that he intends to complete by 2019. By saying 2022, KCR gave a clear hint that he might go for mid-term elections for State Assembly anytime in 2017. Only by this logic, he would get another term till 2022, if he wins the polls," he said.
Shabbir Ali said that the Telangana was all set to face "mini-elections" soon. KCR has engineered defection of 23 MLAs, two Lok Sabha MPs and over a dozen MLCs belonging to opposition parties to TRS.
Although Speaker S. Madhusudan Chary has delayed the decision on disqualification petitions filed by the respective parties, the High Court and Supreme Court would certainly do justice in this matter.
"The legislators and MPs have violated the Anti-Defection Law and they are bound to face disqualification as per Schedule 10. Instead of facing by-elections in 23 Assembly and two Lok Sabha constituencies, KCR might prefer mid-term polls for the entire Assembly," he said.
