Telangana Rashtra Samithi & BJP leaders got into conflict at a hotel in Siddipet
BJP s top leaders, including Union home minister Amit Shah, party president J.P. Nadda, Union minister Smriti Irani, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya, have all made joined the campaign in Hyderabad s local body elections. To top it all off, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Hyderabad as a part of his vaccine tour, all of which made the local Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls a national spectacle. But one might wonder, why is BJP invested so deeply in local municipal elections - that too in Hyderabad. It s all part of a big plan and the most important one if the party wants to grow its foothold in the alien state.
BJP leader flays iPhone proposal to Standing Committee, terms it loot of Telangana exchequer ANI | Updated: Dec 19, 2020 14:44 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 19 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader G Vivek Venkataswamy on Saturday termed iPhone proposal to Standing Committee members as loot of state exchequer .
The BJP leader told ANI, I strongly condemn this action. K Chandrashekar Rao has been looting the state exchequer. The most corrupt state government in the country is the KCR-led state government.
He added that the Standing Committee s term is getting over next month. When the term was there, the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao preponed the elections with a view of trying to see that opposition parties do not get enough time to campaign and set right the candidates and wanted to stump them by preponing the elections, he said.
Mayor Bonthu Rammohan (right) at a recent GHMC review meeting. (Photograph: Twitter/@bonthurammohan)
Less than 24 hours after the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) standing committee approved the decision to gift new Apple iPhones to all 17 of its outgoing members including the Mayor and Deputy Mayor the decision was rolled back following widespread criticism.
On Thursday, approval to buy 17 new Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max (512 GB) smartphones was sanctioned by the committee, headed by Mayor Bonthu Rammohan. A budget of Rs 27.23 lakh was approved to purchase the gadgets, each of which would cost Rs 1.6 lakh.
The sitting corporators are expected to demit office on February 10, 2021 once their term officially ends. Several members, including the Mayor, chose not to contest the elections again this time around.
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Apart from Karnataka, which the party has for long considered its gateway to the region, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala were not swept away by the “Modi wave” due to a host of complex factors, including strong regional rivals and the BJP’s identity as more of a party of the north.
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HYDERABAD: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader G Vivek Venkataswamy on Saturday termed iPhone proposal to standing committee members as loot of state exchequer .
The BJP leader told ANI, I strongly condemn this action. K Chandrashekar Rao has been looting the state exchequer. The most corrupt state government in the country is the KCR-led state government.
He added that the standing committee s term is getting over next month. When the term was there, the chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao preponed the elections with a view of trying to see that opposition parties do not get enough time to campaign and set right the candidates and wanted to stump them by preponing the elections, he said.