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Race for BMC's five nominated seats heats up In the running are those who lost out in the civic polls Sayli Udas-Mankikar Mumbai, February 16: The fight for Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) 227 seats may be over, but the battle for its five nominated seats has just started to heat up. In the running are some who were humbled in the civic election and some who were denied tickets due to delimitation. When the new house of the BMC congregates after 15 days, five members will be nominated by corporators from various political parties. The practice of nominating members to the house was started in 1997. The aim was to have common consensus candidates, who would be experts in their respective fields and would be able to participate in law-making and policy decisions. Bride Groom 18 - 24 25 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 45 46 - 50 50+ Hindu Muslim Christian Sikh Parsi Jain Buddhist Jewish Other "Nowadays, the nominated candidates are politicians and their nominations are based on the number of seats their parties have won," explains outgoing Mayor Datta Dalvi. "A nominated member is usually selected by senior leaders of the respective political party. The party usually looks for a member from an area where the party needs to build a base," said BJP leader Parag Alawani. According to a senior Sena corporator, his party was likely to nominate two members, Congress and BJP would nominate one member each and the rest of the parties would nominate the final member. However, sources say that the Congress is vying for two nominated seats and will look for a tie-up with the NCP to get a total tally of 90 seats, mandatory to pitch for two nominations. URL : http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=222707 |
