Screening of BJP candidates for GHMC elections starts

Hyderabad,Oct 30:Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata  Party are  busy screening the selection of candidates for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections  scheduled  for November 23.According to the party sources   the  Bjp leaders  had already shortlisted   30  to   40   candidates  who  will be   fighting   in the  elections. The  names of the remaining candidates will be  finalized  on  Friday  night or  on Saturday.Only those   candidates  who have  the caliber to  withstand  tough opposition for other parties and  who  have  good standing  in the  local  areas   have been picked.   In view of the   forthcoming  elections  the  leaders   met in the  Bjp office   to  chart out   the strategies  to  be  adopted.

The leaders who attended the  meeting   are  Bjp  AP  wing  president  Bandaru Dattratreya,  floor leader  Kishen  Reddy,  senior  leaders Indrasena Reddy  and Baddam  Balreddy.In view of the GHMC  elections  the  Bjp  is  coming  out with  a  manifesto to  woo  the   city  voters.  MLA Kishen  Reddy  speaking to  the media  said that   Bjp  will fight the  elections  on its own,  it will not  have  any  alliance  with  any  other  political  party. Explaining  his party’s  commitment  to the  development  of the  city  he  stated that  both Congress and  the Telugu  Desam have  shown step-motherly  treatment  to Hyderabad. In our  door-to-door campaign  we will play up  this issue with the local voters.