Woman corporator of General category to be new Mayor at NMC Women to head three of Vidarbha’s four Municipal Corporations

 

 

The Hitavada Team Reservation draw for the post of Mayor in 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra was taken out in the ministry on Thursday. These include four corporations of Vidarbha namely Nagpur, Amravati Akola and Chandrapur. As per the draw, three of them- Nagpur, Akola and Chandrapur- are all set to have a woman Mayor. The elections were held on January 15 and political activity has picked up pace ever since the results were announced on January 16. Now, with reservation dynamics revealed, many aspirants have been left high and dry. Political parties are busy finding the right fit as well as choosing the right partners to ensure the top post doesn’t slip out from their hands. 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.