New Delhi : The Election Commission on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will defer bypolls to the 15 vacant assembly seats in Karnataka after SC says that it will finally decide on the Speaker’ action to disqualify the 15 MLAs of Cong and JD(S) who resigned.
The apex court said that it will hear the petitions on October 22. It is to be noted that EC notification had proposed to hold elections for these vacant seats on October 21.
On Monday, the SC had asked the EC to respond to a plea by 15 disqualified lawmakers who want the process to hold bypolls on their seats suspended till the top court takes a decision on their petition challenging the Speaker’s decision.
Bureau Report
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