Telangana High Court on November 17 dismissed a writ petition seeking instructions to Election Commission of India (ECI) to initiate action against Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi chief and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for his alleged provocative remarks during the recent Bhainsa election campaign meeting.
The plea was filed by National Students Union of India (a students’ body affiliated to Congress party) state president Balmoori Venkat Narsing Rao. Describing some observations made by the BRS chief at the election meeting as ‘instigating’, the petitioner requested the HC to direct election authorities to take action against him.
A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar, after hearing contentions of the petitioner’s counsel, observed that it was too early for the petitioner to move court on the matter. The petitioner approached the ECI on November 3 with a complaint to take action against the BRS chief. Without giving breathing space to the election authorities occupied with poll-related works, he approached the HC, the bench said.
