BRS Prepares No-Confidence Motion Against Mayor, Dy Mayor

Motion likely to be moved after Feb 11, the day the council's term ends

- S BACHAN JEET SINGH @Hyderabad

The BRS is preparing to move a no-confidence motion against Hyderabad Mayor Gadwal Vijayalaxmi and Deputy Mayor Mothe Srilatha Sobhan Reddy under Section 91-A of the GHMC Act. Both officials are set to complete four years in office on February 11. The motion is scheduled to be discussed at an official meeting of BRS corporators from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), along with MLAs, MLCs and MPs as ex-officio members, expected to be held on January 25 or 26, former minister and Sanathnagar MLA Talasani Srinivas Yadav said.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao and Srinivas Yadav, at a casual lunch meeting at the latter's residence in Jubilee Hills, discussed the prevailing political situation, including the possibility of moving the no-confidence motion. The motion is likely to be moved after February 11, when the GHMC council completes its mandatory four-year term. GHMC elections were held in December 2020, and the elected body officially took charge on February 11, 2021.