Telangana High Court seeks ECI’s response over enumeration forms being issued only in Telugu
Telangana High Court questions ECI on issuing enumeration forms only in Telugu, raising concerns about language accessibility for voters.
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The Telangana High Court on Thursday posted to Monday the hearing of a writ petition seeking a direction to declare the Election Commission of India’s action of printing and distribution of enumeration forms during Special Intensive Revision only in Telugu as illegal and arbitrary. Justice Pulla Karthik of the HC, who heard the contentions of the petitioner’s counsel Raghunath Verose, sought to know ECI’s response from its standing counsel Avinash Desai over the enumeration forms being distributed only in Telugu in the State. Senior counsel Raghunath, presenting his arguments, said Telangana was home to people speaking different languages like Urdu, Hindi, Telugu and English.
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