Impact on Telangana politics The most immediate result of the outcome is that TRS is missing numbers for its mayor to be elected. You would probably need the help of AIMIM or BJP. Given that AIMIM has supported TRS in the past, the party will likely be able to rescue …
Read More »GHMC Polls: Hyderabad Divided As TRS Down To 55 Seats, BJP Makes Major Advances
The GHMC election saw TRS win 55 seats, BJP 48, AIMIM 44, and Congress 2. It was a municipal election like never before, with the two-week campaign witnessing color, spectacle, and rhetoric reserved for state and national elections. At the height of its electoral victory in the Dubbaka by-elections, the …
Read More »What made LB Nagar a BJP and RSS success story?
Why the victory in LB Nagar stands out The BJP deployed several high-level leaders to the campaign, from Interior Minister Amit Shah to Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath, party chair JP Nadda, and several central ministers. But the main achievements of the party were in the areas of LB …
Read More »Bhagyalakshmi Temple and Renaming from Hyderabad to Bhagyanagar
Written by Sreenivas Janyala | Hyderabad | Updated: December 1, 2020 7:58:27 am Interior Minister Amit Shah receives a souvenir during his visit to the Bhagyalakshmi Ammavari Temple in Hyderabad. (PTI photo) On Saturday, Union Interior Minister Amit Shah visited the Bhagyalakshmi temple during a trip to Hyderabad to campaign …
Read More »Hyderabad election: setting for a high-stakes vote battle | India News
NEW DELHI: It is not often that a municipal election makes national news. But such has been the buzz surrounding the election of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation that it has caught the attention of the entire nation. And why not? When we have the Union Minister of the Interior, …
Read More »Hyderabad under the new Nizam, time to end it, says CM Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party was the only one with the ability to transform Hyderabad into a “Bhagya Nagar (a wealthy city).” Addressing the meeting during a road show in Kukatpally as part of the BJP’s campaign in the Greater Hyderabad …
Read More »‘No power outages, no communal riots’: KCR’s speech ahead of the Hyderabad civic elections
Telangana Rashtra Samithi President and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday accused Bharatiya Janata Party leaders of waging war against him, fearing that he could pose a threat to them in the coming days. “When there was heavy flooding in Hyderabad, these leaders never bothered to come here to …
Read More »Amit Shah, BJP chief to campaign in Hyderabad for civic polls
Amit Shah and other BJP leaders will be in Hyderabad to campaign for the local polls. (Archive) Highlight Polls for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will be held on December 1 The choice of the local body will decide the mayor of Hyderabad city BJP won only 4 of the …
Read More »Greater Hyderabad Civic Polls: What’s at Stake for TRS and BJP?
Written by Sreenivas Janyala, edited by Explained Desk | Hyderabad | Updated: November 21, 2020 7:16:38 am Workers prepare a campaign vehicle for the BJP, ahead of the GHMC elections in Hyderabad. (PTI photo) Elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation wwill take place on December 1. Civic elections are …
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