Hyderabad: The newly reorganised Higher Hyderabad Municipal Company (GHMC) will seemingly assist the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in growing its maintain and variety of wards within the subsequent election. The AIMIM had earlier opposed the GHMC’s enlargement after the Telangana authorities elevated its wards from 150 to 300 because the civic physique’s space was elevated from 625 sq. kilometres to 2,053 sq km.
Had the GHMC remained as it’s, the enlargement of its wards to 300 would have put the AIMIM at a drawback in its essential stronghold within the Previous Metropolis and surrounding areas. The Asaduddin Owaisi-led get together had gained 44 seats within the final two GHMC elections that had been held in 2015 and 2020. Nevertheless, the Telangana authorities on February 11 reorganised the civic physique into the Higher Hyderabad, Malkajgiri and Cyberabad companies.
Beneath the newly reorganised limits, Shamshabad, Rajendranagar, Golconda, Charminar and Khairatabad zones now comprise the GHMC. This may majorly profit the AIMIM, as not solely does it embody all of its strongholds, however it additionally consists of Rajendranagar, the place the get together has a good vote share as a result of presence of sizeable Muslim voters. The AIMIM, prior to now, has contested the Rajendranagar seat throughout Meeting elections for a similar purpose.
Wards anticipated to be reorganised, however Commissioner says no determination but
In response to a GHMC supply, the brand new limits can have 123 wards that had been below it earlier than its reorganisation. “These can be reorganised into 150 wards for the brand new GHMC limits. Seats within the Previous Metropolis space that the AIMIM has been successful will even be reorganised and extra can be added. The current 44 or 45 seats within the Previous Metropolis space will go as much as 70,” added the supply.
Nevertheless, when requested, the GHMC Commissioner mentioned that as of now, there is no such thing as a delimitation “on the playing cards,” including that there are six months for the federal government to carry the subsequent elections in keeping with the principles. The GHMC supply quoted earlier mentioned that delimitation can be completed solely later, nearer to the elections.
A senior AIMIM functionary, who didn’t wish to be named, informed Siasat.com that with the brand new GHMC limits, the get together will stand to extend its whole variety of seats to properly over 50. “As per our information, the variety of seats the place Muslim voters can be within the majority can be about 70, so there can be triangular contests in the remainder of the 80 wards between the Congress, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP). Within the wards below our areas, it will likely be a straight struggle with the BJP, which will even win in among the areas which have extra Hindu voters,” he added.
Telangana govt splits GHMC, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri companies created
Ending weeks of hypothesis, the Telangana authorities lastly handed orders to trifurcate the Higher Hyderabad Municipal Company (GHMC). As an alternative of 1 massive physique, town now has the GHMC, Malkajgiri Municipal Company (MMC) and the Cyberabad Municipal Company (CMC).
The event got here only a day after the Higher Hyderabad Council’s time period ended on February 10.
In two separate orders dated February 11, the Telangana authorities reorganised the GHMC into the three our bodies – GHMC, CMC and MMC – and in addition handed orders appointing new commissioners to the 2 newly created companies. Whereas RV Karnan will proceed in his present put up as GHMC Commissioner, GHMC Extra Commissioners G Srijana and T Vinay Krishna Reddy have been posted as the brand new Cyberabad and Malkajgiri Municipal Commissioners.
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