HYDERABAD: The campaign for the Hyderabad Local Authorities Constituency elections to the Legislative Council concluded on Monday evening. Voting is scheduled for 23 April, with counting set for 25 April.
The election has drawn candidates from the BJP and AIMIM, while the ruling Congress and opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) have chosen not to participate. Reports indicate that BRS has instructed its corporators to abstain from the polling process altogether.
Senior BJP leaders have been actively canvassing for the party’s candidate, Dr N. Gautam Rao. On Monday morning, BJP state president and Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy met with BJP corporators and later addressed the media. He alleged that both Congress and BRS had withdrawn from the contest with the aim of securing victory for the AIMIM candidate.
Kishan Reddy further accused the BRS of threatening its own corporators—who are democratically elected representatives—to refrain from voting, calling it a betrayal of the public mandate. He claimed that both parties were supporting AIMIM purely for political expediency.
According to Kishan Reddy, while Congress and BRS contest Assembly and Parliamentary elections to divide the anti-AIMIM vote, they step back in Legislative Council elections to favour AIMIM. He demanded that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi publicly explain this stance to the people of Telangana.
In a pointed attack, he said that Congress, BRS, and AIMIM are essentially three faces of the same coin.
Held a meeting at @BJP4Telangana State Office in Nampally, Hyderabad today.
Reviewed preparations for the upcoming MLC Elections, alongside senior party leaders.
Called on BJP Corporators and Karyakartas to actively seek support for @DrNGouthamRao, contesting from the… pic.twitter.com/4RA1wJ5oFM
— G Kishan Reddy (@kishanreddybjp) April 21, 2025