Overview
- The Telangana government issued Gazette notifications expanding GHMC by merging 27 urban local bodies and proposing 300 wards.
- On Thursday, a BJP delegation led by Marri Shashidhar Reddy met commissioner R.V. Karnan seeking the Centre for Good Governance report, ward-wise maps, census figures, voter lists and polling station details.
- The delegation demanded immediate GIS-based maps and a GHMC general body meeting before any delimitation is approved.
- BJP leaders alleged the reorganisation is designed to benefit AIMIM as part of a quid pro quo with the Congress, framing their charge as a political claim.
- The party urged residents in newly added areas to file objections and cited gaps in basic services such as street lighting and sewerage.