Owaisi dismisses alliance with TRS for GHMC polls and taunts KCR over his 'anti-BJP front'

As campaign heats up for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has confirmed that his party will t ally with TRS. While TRS and AIMIM are considered friendly parties, Owaisi's remark on Sunday hinted at a frayed relations between two parties over  GHMC elections.

Owaisi said that re will be alliance with TRS in upcoming polls and claimed that power minister who belongs to TRS had falsely said that AIMIM leaders met PM Modi. Speaking to media, Owaisi also said that Congress had made similar allegations against AIMIM after Bihar elections. He also slammed BJP and said that party is trying to give communal colour to polls, and asked about  financial aid that Centre has given to Hyderabad post-2019.

"MIM works in Telangana all through year, our way to work here is different from Congress, BJP, and TRS. se parties are active only during elections, I believe that work that our corporators have done in Hyderabad, we will get our prize. re is alliance with TRS here in GHMC polls. I am shocked to hear that TRS Power Minister is accusing us of meeting Modi, Congress says same, BJP says something about us. re is a famous saying in Hyderabad Garib Ki Joru sabki bhabi...that is situation. We will be in this Muqabala, and I believe that we will win." In a dig at criticism of being a "B Party" of BJP, Owaisi said that he is t aware if KCR will call "B party" to be a part of anti-BJP conclave.

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Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections

Telangana State Election Commission (TSEC) anunced that 150 GHMC divisions will go to polls on December 1 and counting of votes will be done on December 4. Due to COVID-19 pandemic,  polling time has been extended by one hour, i.e., from 7 am to 6 pm.  current term of GHMC council ends in February 2021 and in 2016 elections, AIMIM won 44 seats, TRS won 99. BJP won 4 seats, Congress won 2 and TDP won one seat.

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KCR confident of victory

Addressing a joint meeting of TRS MLAs, MPs and MLCs in Telangana Bhavan on Thursday evening, Rao pitched his idea of an anti-BJP and anti-Congress front and said that people will choose if y want to live in communal harmony or communal clashes. KCR said, "All surveys have predicted that TRS will win 100 divisions. At one point, some said TRS chapter was closed. But we bounced back and shot down opponents. TRS is a formidable political force in country, a well-wisher and protector of Telangana. We have been winning election after election. We will also win in GHMC elections."

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BJP's plan for Hyderabad

saffron party is eyeing expanding down south - 2021 assembly polls in Tamil Nadu and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections. While in Tamil Nadu, BJP is in alliance with AIADMK and its main aim is to improve its own performance by making inroads in state that is suffering a vacuum due to demise of Jayalalitha and Karunanidhi, it has shifted gears towards Telangana after increased vote share in 2019 Lok Sabha polls and victory in recently concluded bypoll for Dubbak assembly seat. BJP's national general secretary Bhupender Yadav, who steered NDA victory in Bihar, has w been sent to Hyderabad to focus on  Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections. Or leaders in team are Karnataka health minister K Sudhakar, Maharashtra BJP leader Ashish Shelar, Gujarat leader Pradeep Singh Waghela, and Karnataka MLA Satish Reddy.

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