Nagpur: After bagging all posts of zonal chairpersons, the ruling BJP went a step further by clinching the top slots of various subject committees. The party’s corporators got elected as chairmen and deputy chairmen of 10 panels unopposed.
Out of the 10 committees, the BJP retained chairmen of two — Dilip Diwe (education) and Mahendra Dhanvijay (property tax consultative).
In the 151-member house, the BJP has 107 corporators, Congress 28, BSP 10, Shiv Sena 2, NCP 1 and independent 1.
The elections got underway at the NMC’s standing committee hall at 11am on Monday. By the end of the day, the BJP had posted a resounding win by claiming the chairman and deputy chairman’s posts in the 10 different subjective committees unopposed.
District collector Ravindra Thakre was the presiding officer for the elections, which were held in virtual mode (online). Corporators backed their candidates by raising hands during the video conferencing. The election concluded at around 2pm.
At a press conference, ruling party leader Avinash Thakre said the party tried to give an opportunity to all corporators to head committees and zones in the last four years. This time too, many first-time corporators were considered.
Thakre, however, could not justify repeating Diwe and Dhanvijay. He said merging two public transport services –MahaMetro and Aapli Bus — will be a good move. “It will strengthen the city’s public transport system,” he said, adding, “If MahaMetro starts rapid transit service in the city as a feeder bus service, it will incur more loss to the civic body.”
COMMITTEES AND HEADS
Education special committee: Chairman Dilip Diwe, Deputy Sumedha Deshpande (both BJP)
Law special committee: Chairperson: Adv Meenakshi Telgote, Deputy Vanita Dandekar
Estate: Chairperson Rajendra Sonkusre, Deputy Nishant Gandhi
Health: Chairman: Mahesh Mahajan, Deputy: Vikram Gwalbanshi
Sports: Chairman: Pramod Tabhane, Deputy: Lakahan Yerawar
Women & children welfare: Chairman: Divya Dhurde, Deputy Archana Pathak
Fire and electric: Chairman Dipak Chowdhary, deputy Kishore Wankhede