HYDERABAD: The Election Commission on Tuesday served a notice to Legislature Secretary S. Rajasadaram asking him to explain whether Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was within the rules by addressing a media conference at the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) office on March 21.
He has been asked to specify the purpose for which the accommodation was given to the CLP so that the EC will be able to ascertain if the Chief Minister by holding the media conference violated election code.
The EC’s action followed a complaint by G. Muddukrishnama Naidu of the Telugu Desam that the Chief Minister had violated the code as the accommodation provided to the Congress party was used politically. It was meant to be used only during Assembly sessions.
Mr. Subba Rao later told reporters that action by the EC would depend on Mr. Rajasadaram’s report.
The EC also served notices to Devulapalli Amar, Chairman, Andhra Pradesh Press Academy, and Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Chairman, Andhra Pradesh State Cultural Council, to respond to the charges that they had violated the code by participating in programmes of private Telugu TV channels that promoted Congress interests. They have been asked to submit written replies by Wednesday. A round-the-clock facility has been launched in the CEO’s office to record the programmes of at least five out of 10 odd private Telugu TV new channels.
In case of complaint of code violation, the CEO will verify the recordings without seeking clippings from the offices of TV channels.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/25/stories/2009032560250600.htm
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