Defying early trends, the TRS on Friday, 4 December emerged to be the single largest party in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, with the BJP not far behind at the second spot.
The TRS won 55 seats, the BJP won 48, the AIMIM won 44 and the Congress won two.
While Home Minister Amit Shah and TRS’ KT Rama Rao both thanked the people of Hyderabad, Rao said that the results were not as the party had expexcted.
- While the early trends gave BJP a landslide victory, the party has emerged to be the second largest after TRS
- The AIMIM and the BJP have seen a neck and neck race all day when it came to number of seats
- The results are a jolt to the TRS which had won 99 seats in 2016 and a boost to the BJP which had won just 4 seats then
- The election was perceived to be one of the most polarised ones in recent times as the BJP went all guns blazing after the TRS and AIMIM during campaigning
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'Will Fight the BJP Democratically': Owaisi on GHMC Results
AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that his party will fight against the BJP democratically and the people of Telangana won’t let the party expand in the state.
“We have won on 44 seats in Hyderabad GHMC elections. I have spoken to all newly elected corporators and asked them to begin their work from tomorrow itself,” he said, asquoted by ANI.
“We will fight the BJP in a democratic way. We are confident that people of Telangana will stop BJP from expanding its footprints in the state,” he added.
'Results Reflect People's Faith in PM Modi': JP Nadda
BJP President JP Nadda said that the GHMC results reflect people’s faith in PM Modi’s governance model.
“The historic result for BJP in Hyderabad GHMC elections shows people's unequivocal support towards PM Modi's development and governance model. I want to thank the people of Hyderabad,” he told ANI.
“The people of Hyderabad have made it clear what will be the results of the Telangana assembly elections (2023). I can say with confidence that people of Telangana have decided to say goodbye to the corrupt KCR government,” he added.
GHMC Final Results Declared: TRS Wins 55 Sests, BJP Wins 48
Defying early trends, the TRS on Friday, 4 December emerged to be the single largest party in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, with the BJP not far behind at the second spot.
The TRS won 55 seats, the BJP won 48, the AIMIM won 44 and the Congress won two.
Amit Shah Expresses Gratitude Towards People of Hyderabad
Home Minister Amit Shah to took to Twitter to thank the people of Hyderabad after the party emerged as the second largest in the GHMC polls.
“Gratitude to the people of Telangana for reposing faith in PM @NarendraModi led BJP’s Politics of Development. Congratulations to Shri @JPNadda ji and Shri @bandisanjay_bjp for BJP’s astounding performance in GHMC. I applaud the hard work of our karyakartas of @BJP4Telangana,” he tweeted.