The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was seen ahead of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) as the postal ballots for the 2020 elections of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) of 150 districts were counted on Friday at various counting centers. throughout Hyderabad.
The BJP led in 50 of 86 divisions with TRS ahead of 25, at 9:30 am. The counting of votes is carried out using the ballot system and the first result is expected only after 11 a.m. There are a total of 1,965 votes by mail in 150 divisions of the Hyderabad civic body.
TRS leader K Kavitha expressed confidence that her party would win more than 100 seats, up from 99 currently in the GHMC, after being victorious in 2016. “We hope to win more than 100 seats. Although many great BJP leaders came to campaign and made many false claims, I am happy that the people of Hyderabad did not believe in them and put their faith in the leadership of KCR, ”Kavitha said while speaking to the ANI news agency.
During the high-pitched campaign, the BJP deployed several heavyweights, with Union Interior Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, party chair JP Nadda, and Tejasvi youth wing chief Surya. campaigning in the IT center. The BJP also raised its tone on changing Hyderabad’s name as ‘Bhagyanagar’, as well as on the alleged presence of Rohingya and illegal immigrants in the city, promising a “surgical stoppage” if it wins the mayoral election.
The tables raised by the BJP during the campaign triggered a war of words with Asaduddin Owai’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
Voting for the GHMC elections took place on December 1; turnout, however, was lousy. In the 2016 elections, the AIMIM ranked second with 44 seats, followed by the BJP with four seats, Congress with two, and the last Telugu Desam Party with only one seat.
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