Hyderabad, Dec. 16 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLA from Malakpet, Ahmed Balala, on Tuesday, December 16, alleged that the delimitation of new GHMC wards was aimed towards damaging his party.

On December 9, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation issued a preliminary delimitation notification after thestate government announced the decision to merge of 27 urban local bodies into the corporation. The notification doubled the number of wards from the current 150 to 300.

Citizens were asked to submit their suggestions or objections at the circle/ zonal offices within a week. However, the notification has ben met with severe criticism from opposition parties as no GHMC general body meeting was held before its public...