The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday, 15 November, in the run-up to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, appointed its National General Secretary Bhupender Yadav as the BJP’s election in-charge, a move that highlights the significance the party has attached to the local body elections.
In a statement, the BJP added that K Sudhakar, the Health Minister of Karnataka; Ashish Shelar, BJP's chief whip in Maharashtra Assembly, Gujarat BJP leader Pradip Singh Vaghela as well as Karnataka BJP MLA Sathish Reddy have been appointed co-incharge with Yadav for the GHMC polls.