Once again, the first Mayor of new House of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) will be a woman. The draw of lots held on Thursday at Mumbai for Mayor’s reservation favoured woman corporator from General category. Now with the reservation finalised, the political circles are back to guessing game even as ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership determines its next step. In last House also, the first reservation to post of Mayor had favoured woman from the General category. So, this time also, it’s a repeat of the 2017 scene in terms of draw for the post of Mayor. That time, first time corporator from South West Assembly segment, Janvikas Sena (backed by Congress) got 3, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi-2, AIMIM-1, BSP-1 and Shiv Sena (Shinde)-1. Independent candidates won two seats in the 66-member House. A majority of 34 corporators will be required to form the governing body. However, While the Congress is the single largest party in the House, it is still shy of some corporators to make the cut. And the party’s internal dispute at local level has risen the hopes of other contenders. Senior BJP leader and MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar appears confident that BJP would form the governing body. Meanwhile, corporators from Janvikas Sena (3-seats) have objection on a rebel Congress corporators who won the election and now Congres is likely to give him major responsiblity in the governing body. The two top Mayoral candidates from Congress party are Sangeeta Amrutkar, former Mayor, and Sangeeta Bhoyar. However, discussion of senior leaders are still in progress with MPCC office-bearers including Sapkal, at Nagpur. It may be mentioned here that in Congress camp, the conflict between MLA Vijay Wadettiwar and MP Pratibha Dhanorkar is said to have been resolved in the presence of MPCC President Harshwardhan Sapkal.