Polling for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is underway in Hyderabad. This year’s election has become a high-profile event after the BJP deployed its top leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to campaign for its candidates. While Amit Shah promised to end the ‘Nizam culture’ after winning the elections, Adityanath said his party would work towards changing the city’s name from Hyderabad to Bhagyanagar.
Prominent among those, who’ve already cast their votes are AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi and MoS (Home) G Kishan Reddy. There are 150 seats in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and the mayor’s post has been reserved for a woman this year.
This year’s elections are being held using ballot papers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The counting of the polls is scheduled to start on 4 December.
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08:59 AM: Please go out & vote. Vote for a peaceful Hyderabad, for Hyderabad’s distinct culture & identity & to strengthen India’s democracy: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on GHMC polls
