The BJP has Bhupender Yadav to work on the electoral and political strategy for the Hyderabad polls.
Hyderabad:
Excited by its victory in the Dubbaka Assembly by-elections in Telangana last week, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is switching gears for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, which could be announced anytime soon.
In Dubbaka’s polls, the BJP defeated the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) by 1,079 votes, according to the Indian Election Commission.
The BJP has now asked its national secretary general Bhupender Yadav, who recently led the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to victory in Bihar, to work on the electoral and political strategy for the Hyderabad polls.
Mr. Yadav, a member of Rajya Sabha, is the Bihar Affairs Officer at BJP. It was under his supervision that the party-led NDA recorded a convincing result in the Bihar assembly elections last week. The BJP itself won 72 seats to become the main member of its alliance with Janata Dal United under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who only managed 42.
He also appointed a team of leaders to monitor the GHMC elections, including Karnataka Minister of Health, Maharashtra BJP leader Ashish Shelar, Gujarat leader Pradeep Singh Waghela and Karnataka Assembly member Satish Reddy.
A 23-member election management team made up of local leaders was also announced.
The TRS will feel the heat of the aggressive BJP strategy. Already, the national party has attacked the state government of K Chandrashekhar Rao, alleging irregularities in the distribution of flood compensation.
Although 2020 is a COVID-19 pandemic year in which revenues have been low, the TRS government has announced a 50% property tax relief under the GHMC for those paying up to 15,000 Rs.
