Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday asked the Governor to dissolve the State assembly, clearing the decks for early elections in the state..
Governor ESL Narasimhan has accepted the recommendation and asked the Chief Minister as well as the Council of Ministers to continue as caretaking Government.
The move will push forward the Assembly elections from the middle of 2019 to the end of this year.
Legislative Assembly polls in Telangana are scheduled to be held simultaneously with Lok Sabha elections next year, but the ruling TRS reportedly sees political benefit in early Assembly polls.
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