GHMC Elections 2020: Voting started at 7 am.
Hyderabad:
Over 74 lakh eligible voters are are eligible to vote at present within the election to the Larger Hyderabad Municipal Company or GHMC. Polling started at 7 am. The election is happening after greater than per week of intense and vitriolic marketing campaign. The civic physique election is a high-stakes battle for the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the BJP, making an attempt to make inroads, and Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM. This has been probably the most fiercely and bitterly fought municipal elections ever in Hyderabad with a high-octane marketing campaign by the BJP that flew in nationwide leaders – like Amit Shah, JP Nadda and Yogi Adityanath – hoping to persuade Hyderabad {that a} change was wanted.
Listed below are the reside updates on the Hyderabad municipal company election:
Prime BJP leaders who had campaigned for the Hyderabad civic physique polls:
Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah,
BJP chief JP Nadda
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Prakash Javadekar
Smriti Irani
G Kishan Reddy
Tejaswi Surya
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi mentioned after voting, “I attraction to the individuals of Hyderabad to forged their vote at present to strengthen democracy.”
Hyderabad Municipal Company Polls: Union Minister G Kishan Reddy Votes
“Following all Covid Security Protocols, forged my vote together with my household at Kachiguda Polling Station earlier this morning. Voting is our constitutional proper and all of us should train it within the curiosity of an in a position administration,” Mr Reddy tweeted after casting his vote.
Union Minister of State for Dwelling Affairs G Kishan Reddy ready in a queue at Deeksha Mannequin College in Kachiguda to forged his vote.
