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Suspense over A.P. Council polls ends

HYDERABAD: With Assembly elections likely to be held in April or May, the legislators of the 12th Assembly can elect 11 Legislative Council members as the Legislature Secretariat has decided to issue notification for filling the vacancies in March first week.

The Legislature Secretariat is gearing up to hold polls for 16 seats, including two each from teachers and graduates constituencies and one from the Local Authorities Constituencies, whose two-year term ends on March 30. In addition, four members would be nominated by the Governor.

In the 87-member Council, the two-year term of 29 members, including nominations, would end in March.

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