The state ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is heading towards a landslide victory in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls.
The TRS party has won or is leading in at least 100 divisions in 150-member municipal body. It wiped out main opposition parties Congress, the Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party. TRS, which had not contested the elections in 2009, can now have its own corporator as mayor as has close to 100 seats in its kitty.
The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) maintained its edge in the old city of Hyderabad by winning 23 seats. The BJP and its alliance partner TDP won a seat each are leading in two places.
This was the first GHMC poll after the formation of separate Telangana state Celebrations have already erupted in TRS camp as a large number of workers of the party began Celebrations at the Telangana Bhavan. TRS cadre is hailing the Leadership of TRS President and Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao
K Tarakarama Rao, the minister for Panchayat Raj and Information Technology, has led the TRS campaign in the GHMC polls.