The BJP has Bhupender Yadav to work on the electoral and political strategy for the Hyderabad polls.
Hyderabad:
Excited about their victory in last week’s Dubbaka assembly by-elections in Telangana, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is shifting gears for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, which could be announced soon.
In the Dubbaka polls, the BJP defeated the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) by 1,079 votes, according to the Election Commission of India.
The BJP has now asked its national secretary general, Bhupender Yadav, who recently led the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to victory in Bihar, to work on the electoral and political strategy for the Hyderabad polls.
Yadav, a member of Rajya Sabha, is in charge of Bihar affairs for the BJP. It is under his supervision that the party-led NDA recorded a convincing in the Bihar Assembly elections last week. The BJP itself won 72 seats to emerge as the lead member in its alliance with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United, which managed just 42.
He has also appointed a team of leaders to monitor the GHMC elections, including Karnataka Health Minister, Maharashtra BJP Leader Ashish Shelar, Gujarat Leader Pradeep Singh Waghela, and Karnataka Assembly Member, Satish Reddy.
A 23-member electoral management team of local leaders has also been announced.
TRS will feel the heat from the aggressive BJP strategy. The national party has already been attacking the state government of K Chandrashekhar Rao, alleging irregularities in the distribution of flood compensation.
Despite 2020 being a COVID-19 pandemic year during which revenue collection has been low, the TRS government has announced a 50 percent property tax relief under GHMC for those who pay up to 15,000 rupees.
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