NEW DELHI: Observing that it is a constitutional mandate to hold elections every five years and any delay cannot be brooked, the SC on Wednesday pulled up the Maharashtra SEC for not initiating the poll process for over 2,400 local bodies despite its previous order, and directed it to start the process and issue relevant notification within a week. Polls are due in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Pune among other cities this year.
"Delimitation process can go on but election process cannot be deferred," it said. Recently, the SEC submitted that the delimitation would not be possible before September. It is seen as the state's way to buy time till the process to have OBC quota in polls is completed. Amit Anand Choudhary reports.
