By SNV Sudhir
Visakhapatnam,
Dec 17, 2012: Clearly in poll mode, with panchayat and urban local body, elections
round the corner, the chief N Kiran Kumar Reddy, tried to woo women voters, who
hold the ‘key’ in many households, at a meeting held with the members of Self
Help Groups (SHGs) as part of his 11th edition of Indiramma Bata, here on
Monday.
He said the state
government was ready to hold panchayat and other local body polls in a month or
two with provision of 50 percent reservations for women. It may be mentioned here that only after an
HC directive on fixing reservations to various sections, the government had announced
its readiness to hold polls, which were pending for more than year.
The government
had come under fire from Opposition parties for not conducting polls to local
bodies for long. While the term of elected councils in urban local bodies ended
way back in Sep 2010 panchayat raj councils closed in Aug 2011. And since then,
they are being run by ‘Special Officers, with an extension every six months.
Though the panchayat polls are not fought on the party lines, they will hold a
litmus test to Kiran Kumar Reddy’s performance as chief minister and also
decides Congress party’s fate in 2014 polls. They will also show the mood of
the general public both in rural tracts, urban areas towards TD, YSRC and TRS
in Telangana region.
Kiran Kumar Reddy
on Monday announced that another 9 lakh women across the state will be enrolled
soon in Abhaya Hastham in addition to existing 45 lakh members and enhancement
of bank linkage loans to urban SHGs “Our government cleared around Rs 600cr
dues of several SHGs under Mission
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