Secunderabad Cantonment Board poll schedule announced, voting on April 30

HYDERABAD: Officials of Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) sounded polls bugle on Friday by issuing a detailed schedule in the special board meeting held in Secunderabad Cantonment.
SCB chief executive officer, D Madhukar Naik announced the poll schedule in the presence of president of Cantonment Board, Brig Somashankar and SCB civilian nominated member J Rama Krishna.
The polls for SCB was already announced by the MoD in the last week, and elections for the eight civilian wards will be held on April 30.
According to SCB CEO, new voters can be added to the voters list and last date for the inclusion of names is March 4 and final electoral rolls will be published on March 23.
Nominations will be accepted from the candidates on March 28 and 29 and final list of candidates (after withdrawal) will be announced on April 6 and later on free symbols will also be allotted on April 10, said CEO Naik.
Out of eight SCB wards, wards-2, 5, and 6 are reserved for women, and wards - 1,3,4 and 7 reserved for general category whereas ward-8 has been reserved for scheduled caste.