Hyderabad, Dec. 15 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) legislators and ex-officio members of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) here have written to its commissioner stating that the merger of 27 municipalities into the body to expand it is illegal. The main opposition party stated that the current delimitation process was carried out without following due process.

In a letter to GHMC commissioner RV Karnan, the BRS Legislative Assembly and Council members whose constituencies fall partly or wholly within the civic body's territorial limits, said that their inclusion in its General Body is not ceremonial but mandatory. Out of the 119 Assembly constituencies in the state, 24 fall under the GHMC limits.

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