Notification issued for Council polls for 3 seats

Hyderabad, Apr 13 : The Election Commission of India today issued notification for conducting Legislative Council Elections in Andhra Pradesh to fill up three seats from Hyderabad Local Authorities Constituency (two members) and Hyderabad Local Authorities Constituency(one member).Informing this to reporters here, State Chief Electoral Officer I V Subba Rao said the last date for filing of nominations would be April 20.Scrutiny of nominations would be taken up on April 21 and the last date for withdrawals is April 23.The elections would be held on May 7 and counting of votes polled on May 10, he said, adding Model Code of Conduct had already come into force from April 6.As many as 223 voters-- 150 corporators and 65 ex-officio members--were eligible to exercise their preferential vote from Hyderabad and 592 voters including an MP and six MLAs could vote from Rangareddy Local Authorities Constituency, he added.
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Chief Minister Dr.K.Rosaiah, launches land distribution prog

Hyderabad, Apr 14 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah today launched the fifth phase of the land distribution to landless poor by handing over the title deeds to women at Shadnagar in Mahaboobnagar district, coinciding with the 119th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar.Later, addressing the gathering, he said the government, which was committed to the welfare of the poor had decided to distribute land to the landless poor for their empowerment.He urged the opposition parties to extend their help and offer suggestions for the implementaton of the land distribution scheme instead of criticising the state government.It was the duty and responsibility of the opposition parties to offer their constructive suggestions for its implementation in the interest of the landless poor, he added. He said an extent of 1,00,615 acres had been identified for distribution to over 69,506 beneficiaries in 22 districts in the state.''Our government aims to fulfil the mission of Dr Ambedkar for uplift of the weaker sections, particularly the SC/ST's by empowering them with land to achieve sustainable livelihood,'' he said.Each family was given land 2.50 acres of wet land or 5 acres of dry land, including the land originally held by the family.Revenue Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao said the state government had taken up the land distribution programme in a big way.He said the state government has already distributed surplus land to the landless poor in four phases to an extent of 6,03,809 acres.
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