A major political clash erupted in Hyderabad as BJP stalwart and Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy slammed the Telangana government’s municipal overhaul—splitting Hyderabad, Gajwel, and Nalgonda—as a grave illegality. He linked it directly to evading fresh census protocols.
In media interactions, Reddy stressed the central edict against post-notification divisions of administrative units. ‘Undeterred, the state executed this folly,’ he declared.
With frozen boundaries mandated till 2027, the action contravenes core directives. Amid elections, mass transfers of bureaucrats defy commission guidelines; GHMC’s tripartite division compounds the infractions.
Incorporating peripheral villages jeopardizes their access to rural job programs, absent any fiscal or infrastructural roadmap. The mega-expansion—from compact origins to vast 2,053 sq km—betrays planning voids.
Bypassing public discourse, boundaries whimsically stray from ORR logic, ousting strategic assets while co-opting opposition bastions politically. Reddy’s critique spotlights a rushed, biased restructuring with profound service disruptions ahead.