Nagpur district tops State with 27 Nagar Panchayats, Mpl Councils

 

 

 

 

Two days ago, State Election Commission announced polls of Nagar Panchayat and Municipal Councils. Total 246 Municipal Councils and 42 Nagar Panchayats are going to polls whose voting is scheduled on December 2. Nagpur district, with 27, has the highest number of Nagar Panchayats and Municipal Councils in State followed by Jalgaon 18 and Pune with 17. Konkan division has five districts whose total stands at 27 while Nagpur district alone has 27 Nagar Panchayats and Municipal Councils. In a division-wise break-up, Pune tops in State as its total stands at 60 followed by Nagpur division - 55, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar-52, Nashik-49, Amravati-45 and Konkan-27.

 

Region-wise again, Vidarbha tops with 100. Nagpur has 15 Municipal Councils and 12 Nagar Panchayats. In fact, it has 14 Nagar Panchayats but two of them --Kuhi and Hingna, are not going to polls, since their term is yet to be completed. There are 10 new Municipal Councils in State while 15 new Nagar Panchayats have been added. Elections are being held for 246 out of a total of 247 municipal councils in the state. Of the 247 being elected, 10 are newly formed. The term of all the remaining 236 municipal councils has expired. The election process of Patur (Akola district) Municipal Council is pending due to a court case. At the same time, elections are being held for 42 out of a total of 147 Nagar Panchayats. Of the 247 being elected, 15 are newly formed; while the term of all the remaining 27 Nagar Panchayats has already expired. The term of 105 Nagar Panchayats has not expired yet. 

 

Cong leader’s name in two voter lists Opposition parties, especially Congress, have been slamming ruling parties on the issue of double voting. Against that backdrop, Bharatiya Janata Party MLC Vikrant Patil revealed that Congress leader from Kamptee has his name in two voter lists. In his tweet, Patil says, ‘Now the name of senior Congress leader Suresh Bhoyar is found in two voter lists, the opposition should now answer as to who is playing the politics of double voting. Uddhav and Raj Thackeray too must have got the answer. They claim that they are talking the language of democracy but they are exposed.’