AndhraNews.Net - 11th Assembly Dissolved - Naidu keen on Elections in February 04

November 14, 2003, Hyderabad

TDP Party President Mr. N Chandrababu Naidu submitted a cabinet letter to Governor Sri Surjit Singh Barnala who shortly announced the dissolution of the 11th Assembly session. A notification GO MS No. 45 to this effect was released from the Governor. A copy of the letter was sent to the Election Commission. The 11th Session of the assembly has 294 members.

Answering questions to reporters as to why the assembly was dissolved before hand, Mr. Naidu said, "Instead of waiting for them to further hinder our developments, we felt we must go to the polls".

This is the second time in the history of the AP Assembly that the session was dissolved before its tenure to end. Earlier it was the time when former Chief Minister Mr. NT Rama Rao had a similar situation and forced for the dissolving of the assembly.

Election Commissioner Lindo says it is not possible to have elections before hand

November 14, 2003, New Delhi

Reacting to the news about the dissolution of the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly, Chief Election Commissioner Mr. Lindo said that it is not possible to have the elections conducted before hand. He said that a corrected list of voters was yet to be finalized. He quoted, "The Election Commission takes its own time and holds the elections whenever it is ready".

It may be recalled that many other states were also on the charts and were preparing for the elections.

Children's Day Celebrated

Visakhapatnam

Special Cultural programs and entertainment for the children was marked at the Police Grounds where students in large numbers from various schools in the region participated in the Children's Day celebrations. District Collector Sunil Sharma, District Educational Office KLN Varma and others participated in the program.

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