Chandrapur, February 9 There was no clarity on alliances on Monday, the day before the mayoral and deputy mayoral elections, following a fractured result in the Chandrapur municipal corporation elections. In the January 15 elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party with 27 seats, followed by 23 for the BJP, six for the Shiv Sena (UBT), three for the Bharatiya Shetkari Kamghar Paksh (Janvikas Sena), two for the VBA, and one each for AIMIM, BSP, and Shiv Sena. Two independent candidates also won the elections, with their results announced on January 16. Sources said that talks between the Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) did not lead to a resolution, while Janvikas Sena leader Pappu Deshmukh said his party would support the Congress. Nominations for the mayoral post were filed by Manasvi Sandeep Girhe of Shiv Sena (UBT), Sangeeta Mangal Bhoyar, Sangeeta Gopalakrishna Amritkar, Sunanda Dilip Dhobe, and Vaishali Ajay Mahadule of the Congress, as well as BJP's Sangeeta Rajendra Khandekar and Sarika Sachin Sandurkar. Six nominations for the deputy mayoral post comprise two each from the BJP and Congress, one from Bharatiya Shetkari Kamghar Paksh (Janvikas Sena), and one from an independent. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sandeep Girhe said that a request has been made to the Congress to allow the Uddhav Thackeray-led party to hold the mayoral position for a certain period. Incidentally, the Shiv Sena (UBT), Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, and two independent candidates registered a front with the Divisional Commissioner in Nagpur.
Chandrapur Municipality: Congress Leads, Alliance Negotiations Ongoing
Chandrapur, February 9 There was no clarity on alliances on Monday, the day before the mayoral and deputy mayoral elections, following a fractured result in the Chandrapur municipal corporation elections. In the January 15 elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party with 27 seats, followed by 23 for the BJP, six for the Shiv Sena (UBT), three for the Bharatiya Shetkari Kamghar Paksh (Janvikas Sena), two for the VBA, and one each for AIMIM, BSP, and Shiv Sena. Two independent candidates also won the elections, with their results announced on January 16. Sources said that talks between the Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) did not lead to a resolution, while Janvikas Sena leader Pappu Deshmukh said his party would support the Congress. Nominations for the mayoral post were filed by Manasvi Sandeep Girhe of Shiv Sena (UBT), Sangeeta Mangal Bhoyar, Sangeeta Gopalakrishna Amritkar, Sunanda Dilip Dhobe, and Vaishali Ajay Mahadule of the Congress, as well as BJP's Sangeeta Rajendra Khandekar and Sarika Sachin Sandurkar. Six nominations for the deputy mayoral post comprise two each from the BJP and Congress, one from Bharatiya Shetkari Kamghar Paksh (Janvikas Sena), and one from an independent. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sandeep Girhe said that a request has been made to the Congress to allow the Uddhav Thackeray-led party to hold the mayoral position for a certain period. Incidentally, the Shiv Sena (UBT), Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, and two independent candidates registered a front with the Divisional Commissioner in Nagpur.