Hyderabad Civic Polls: Amit Shah Holds Massive Roadshow In Secunderabad After Visiting BhagyaLakshmi Temple

Home Minister Amit Shah held a massive rally in Hyderabad on Sunday in preparation for the upcoming Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls that will begin from December 1.

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Amit Shah held a massive roadshow on the last day of campaigning for GHMC polls. Amit Shah performed aarti at Bhagyalakshmi temple which is adjacent to the Charminar, before his roadshow from Varasiguda Chourasta to Sithaphalmandi. Home Minister was accompanied by BJP’s election in-charge Bhupender Yadav and the party’s OBC Morcha president K Laxman.

Despite it being just a Corporation election, several BJP heavyweights have been visiting the state for the upcoming polls.

 The BJP, which won the recent assembly byelection to Dubbak constituency in Telangana upsetting the TRS, is going all out in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections and has fielded several senior leaders and union ministers in the campaign.

'Only Trump Left to Campaign Now': Owaisi takes a dig at BJP

AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi took a dig at the saffron party and said the only person left to campaign in the city was US President Donald Trump.

During the term of his presidency, Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had harboured seemingly close ties, with a mega-event organised in the US President's honour called 'Namaste Trump' during January this year.

 At a public rally at Hyderabad's Langer House on Saturday, Owaisi said, "It is as if we are electing a Prime Minister in place of Narendra Modi. I was at a rally in Karwan and said that everyone has been called here. A child said they should have called Trump too. He was right, only Trump is left."

'Divisive forces trying to enter Hyderabad': KCR

In another dig at the BJP, Chief Minister and party president K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday alleged that some "divisive forces" were trying to enter the city to disturb peace and tranquility, hours before Shah's visit to garner support for the BJP.

"Some divisive forces are trying to enter Hyderabad and create havoc in the city. Are we going to allow it? Are we going to lose our peace?… My dear brothers and sisters of Hyderabad…as Chief Minister of Telangana, I am appealing earnestly, please come forward. Please support TRS, which is a progressive thinking party. Please save Hyderabad from these divisive forces," he said addressing a public meeting, apparently referring to BJP.

Hyderabad's name can be changed to 'Bhaghynagar' if BJP comes to power: Yogi Adityanath

During campaigning on Saturday, Adityanath said that some people were asking him if Hyderabad should be renamed as Baghyanagar. "Few people asked me whether we could rename Hyderabad as Baghyanagar. I said why not," he said at an election meeting in Lal Darwaza. The UP Chief Minister gave the examples of changing the name of Allahabad to Pragyaraj and others to demonstrate the possibility.