The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will hold elections on Thursday to elect 15 members of the Standing Committee.
Going by the strength the parties enjoy in the corporation and due to the alliance between the Congress and MIM, the election of eight members from the Congress party and seven from the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen looks certain. But giving scope to cross-voting, the Congress has fielded 10 members and two corporators from the TDP too are contesting the elections.
As per the rules, all 150 corporators need to vote for the candidates of their choice. Congress has 54 corporators, MIM – 42, TDP – 46, BJP – 5, three independents and MBT has one corporator in the GHMC council.
The MIM has announced the candidature of Aziz Baig, Mohammad Ghouse Pasha, Najma Sultana, Mohammad Mumtaz Ali, Mohammad Murtuza Ali, Shaik Shakeel Mehmood and Sonam Singh Lata. The Congress party’s candidates are Mohammad Ayub Khan, Ale Jitendra, B Chandramma, P Gnaneshwar Goud, M Narasimha Yadav, Nemali Suresh, Mamidi Lakshmi Bai, GM Ratnakumari, J Satyanarayana and C Sunitha. The TDP has fielded G Raja Mallu and ES Raj Jitendernath for the post of Standing Committee member.
–Agencies