Union Coal Minister G. Kishan Reddy unleashed sharp criticism against the Telangana administration Wednesday, branding the division of Hyderabad, Gajwel, and Nalgonda corporations as patently illegal. Timed suspiciously after the center’s census directive, the decision reeks of impropriety, he charged.
Addressing presspersons, Reddy recalled the pan-India ban on altering villages or wards post-census notification. ‘The state disregarded this entirely, pressing on with the splits,’ he said emphatically.
Census rules prohibit tweaks from late 2025 to mid-2027, a threshold crossed here, according to Reddy. During active municipal polls, officer reshuffles flout EC protocols, he added.
GHMC’s balkanization into three violates norms, pulling in far-flung villages sans funding or vision, thus stripping rural poor of welfare schemes. The 2007 entity’s 650 sq km footprint now sprawls to 2,053 sq km—unbacked by development blueprints.
Taken without citizen feedback, the carve-up mishandles ORR as delimiter: airports and industrial giants sidelined, while AIMIM zones like Rajendranagar get preferential urban fold under congressional pressure.
Reddy’s pointed allegations highlight governance lapses, electoral manipulations, and urban planning pitfalls, setting the stage for legal and political battles in Telangana’s evolving municipal map.