BMC Election in February only if Covid situation permits: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar has knowledgeable that the subsequent Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls might be held in January-February subsequent yr. Pednekar, nonetheless, mentioned that polls might be carried out only if the Covid-19 situation is below management.
“BMC polls will be conducted next year in January-February if the COVID situation is under control, in case it’s not, polls will be postponed,” she mentioned.
The State Election Commission (SEC) had on Monday directed the BMC to begin preliminary preparation for the civic polls. The BMC election division had written a letter to the SEC in search of directions for pre-poll preparatory works.
The fee granted a go-ahead to the civic physique. With this, the delimitation of wards might be carried out on the premise of inhabitants. Also, notification might be issued for ward-wise reservations. Besides, updating of voters record might be carried out earlier than the ultimate record is launched.
The present tenure of the Shiv Sena-ruled BMC will finish on March 7 subsequent yr. Besides BMC, the phrases of 17 different companies together with Thane, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur will finish.
Elections for 5 municipal companies together with Navi Mumbai, Vasai-Virar and Kalyan-Dombivali weren’t held earlier resulting from pandemic.
BMC is the nation’s richest civic physique and its yearly price range allocation is greater than many states’ price range.
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