Metro India News | Hyderabad 

BRS  MLC Dr. Sravan Dasoju has launched a scathing attack on the Congress government, accusing it of a direct assault on the Constitution and the soul of Telangana through the GHMC ward delimitation and the merger of peripheral municipalities.

In a comprehensive 45-slide Power Point presentation released on Sunday, the MLC presented evidence of what he calls the government's "dictatorial" and "secretive" maneuvers. He asserted that ward delimitation is not merely an administrative shift but a critical constitutional decision-making process that must involve democratic debate, respect for dissenting voices, and public consensus. The BRS MLC slammed the Revanth Reddy administration for violating the 74th Constitutional Amendment by bypassing the State Election Commission and outsourcing this vital democratic exercise to private entities like ASCI and CGG. Citing the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment in Meghraj Kothari v. Delimitation Commission, Sravan reminded the government that delimitation is a democratic exercise that directly impacts representation and cannot be treated as a trivial clerical task.

He pointed out that keeping elected representatives, including MLAs, MLCs, and Corporators, in the dark while redrawing maps behind closed doors is a blatant violation of the Principles of Natural Justice established in the Menaka Gandhi v. Union of India case. The BRS MLC highlighted enduring symbols like the Ujjaini Mahankali Temple, General Bazaar, and the Secunderabad Clock Tower, stating that merging this historic entity into a nameless administrative block or redefining it under "Malkajigiri" is a historical blunder.He alleged that boundaries are being redrawn to split traditional community clusters and weaken opposition strongholds, a move that threatens the centuries-old Ganga-Jamuna Tehzeeb (composite culture) of the city.

The MLC also labeled the massive expansion of GHMC from 650 sq km to 2053 sq km as a "multi-billion dollar real estate fraud." He argued that the "Future City" project is a blueprint for urban collapse designed to benefit a real estate mafia by inflating land prices for insiders, while the core city's infrastructure continues to crumble.

The BRS leader questioned the logic of creating the largest municipal corporation in India—surpassing Delhi and Mumbai in size—without any scientific feasibility study or decentralization plan.

Dr. Sravan demanded the immediate release of all delimitation maps and data to the public, the conduct of open-house public consultations in every ward, and the restoration of the State Election Commission's constitutional authority over the process.

He called upon all citizens and custodians of heritage to unite and fight against these "tyrannical" moves to safeguard the twin cities.