Nagpur: Even as newly elected MPCC president Nana Patole aims to propel Congress to number one position in the state, the party failed to retain the lone post of zone committee chairman it held in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), while the ruling BJP improved its stronghold by bagging eight of the nine seats for which elections were held on Tuesday.
BJP candidate from Mangalwari zone was elected unopposed even before the election. Thus, of the 10 zones, the BJP has won nine seats, while BSP managed to retain Ashi Nagar. Barring BJP’s Sunil Hiranwar, all nine zone chairpersons are women corporators.
Earlier, the BJP had eight seats, with only Mangalwari and Ashi Nagar zones remaining out of its hold. This time around, the party managed to win Mangalwari zone as Congress corporator and its candidate Sakshi Raut withdrew her nomination just before the election. In the last election, BJP had helped Congress corporator Gargi Chopra to become zone chairperson.
In Ashi Nagar, BSP’s Vandana Chandekar was elected as the chairperson.
The elections began at 11am at the NMC’s standing committee hall. By the end of the day, the BJP had posted a resounding win and claimed all the nine zone chairmen posts unopposed.
In the 151-member House, BJP has 107 corporators, Congress 28, BSP 10, Shiv Sena 2, NCP 1 and independent 1.
District collector Ravindra Thakre was the presiding officer in the election, which was held in virtual mode (online). Barring candidates, all other corporators supported their candidates by raising hands during the videoconferencing. The election concluded at around 2pm.
The BJP lacked majority in Ashi Nagar zone having 16 corporators — BSP seven, Congress six and the saffron party three. Rebel BSP corporator Mohammed Jamal, who was in the fray from Ashi Nagar zone, had to withdraw his nomination after Congress corporators made a U-turn just before the election. Later, Jamal and six Congress corporators remained neutral, which led BSP corporator Chandekar to win the election.
Though Congress had fielded Sakshi Raut, she failed to get support from party corporators. So just before the election, Raut withdrew her nomination, resulting in BJP’s Pramila Mathrani getting elected unopposed as Mangalwari zone chairperson.
After the elections, ruling party leader Sandip Jadhav gave the credit of BJP’s victory to mayor Dayashankar Tiwari and city president MLC Pravin Datke. He, however, claimed that Congress tried to poach BSP in Ashi Nagar zone, but instead it lost the lone post it held.
Jadhav said the BJP also got elected its alliance partner Bahujan Republican Ekta Manch’s corporator Vandana Bhagat from Dhantoli zone.
Leader of opposition Tanaji Wanve said Congress did not have the requisite number of corporators in all the zones, so it did not contest the polls.
Jadhav admitted that the civic administration is providing funds for development works and claimed the party would work hard to provide basic amenities to the taxpayers.
Zones—Chairpersons—Party
Laxmi Nagar—Pallavi Shamkule—BJP
Hanuman Nagar—Kalpana Kumbhalkar —BJP
Dhantoli—Vandana Bhagat —BJP-BREM
Nehru Nagar— Snehal Bihare —BJP
Gandhibagh —Shraddha Pathak—BJP
Satranjipura—Abhiruchi Rajgire—BJP
Lakadganj — Manisha Atkare —BJP
Ashi Nagar—Vandana Chandekar—BSP
Mangalwari—Pramila Mathrani —BJP
Dharampeth—Sunil Hiranwar —BJP
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