From Covid-19 vaccine promise to heavyweight BJP campaign: Why all eyes are on Hyderabad civic body election

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls are scheduled to be held subsequent week on December 1 and votes shall be counted on December 4. Voting is scheduled to be held in 150 municipal constituencies or wards within the GHMC polls to elect a mayor for the company that has been allotted the finances of Rs 5380 crore this yr.

Past elections

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) received the final civic polls by successful 99 wards, whereas BJP received solely 4. Other events like Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) received 44, whereas Congress managed to pocket two wards and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) only one. BJP, after its sudden victory in meeting by-elections, is all set to provide a troublesome struggle within the native polls.

BJP entry

The ruling get together is eyeing to fortify its presence in Telangana after successful the by-election within the Dubbaka meeting constituency earlier this month. It was an sudden win because the seat was with the TRS. The seat had beforehand gone to TRS.

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The get together believes that this civic ballot might be its entry ticket to the state. The get together is leaving no stone unturned to win the municipal elections. BJP’s prime leaders are flying in for campaigning. Party president JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah will go to the state this weekend whereas Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Prakash Javadekar have visited the state earlier this week and performed their half.

Manifestos and guarantees

The civic ballot has grow to be noteworthy contemplating the guarantees that the BJP has made. After Bihar election, the BJP has promised free Covid-19 vaccines in Hyderabad as effectively other than checks for all, free water, free energy, free tablets and PCs, high-speed Wifi for economically backward kids within the GHMC election. It has additionally promised the state a ‘Mukti Diwas’ as a state perform on September 17, one lakh homes underneath PMAY scheme, rejuvenation of the Musi river and so forth.

Politics

The BJP has alleged secret alliance between AIMIM and TRS which are identified to have pleasant relations. However, TRS has denied all such allegations.

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the BJP has additionally alleged that TRS hopes to win elections on the crutch of “illegal immigrants” whom the get together has included within the voter checklist. Why the so-called “illegal immigrants” have been granted Aadhaar card, the TRS requested.

The AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi had additionally dared the prime minister to come back and marketing campaign within the state for the native elections.

The saffron get together has offered itself as one of the best different to the TRS that has been severely criticized for its poor administration of floods after heavy rains of October and irregular money disbursement as a part of the aid scheme. TRS leaders had been additionally accused of distributing aid cash to its get together sympathizers.

December Four will reveal the outcomes whether or not BJP’s high-voltage campaigning in a civic ballot pays off.