Amravati. As soon as the revised list of division composition is announced, now the enthusiasm for the upcoming elections in the Metropolitan Municipality area has intensified. Lobbying and fielding has been started from now to finalize their tickets by the aspirants from various parties including the existing councillors. Under which, 39 out of 45 present councilors of BJP, who have been in power of the MNP for the last five years, have once again demanded a ticket before the party, claiming to be the candidate again.
At the same time, due to the former minister Dr. Sunil Deshmukh leaving the BJP and going back to the Congress once again during the year 2021, his supporters who joined the BJP and became a councilor are also likely to return to the Congress once again. It is believed that the councilors Gopal Dharmale, Vijay Wankhede, Rita Padole, Balu Bhuyar, Pramila Jadhav and Suchita Bire, including Milind Chimote, who were approved by the BJP, can now return to the Congress once again and possibly Congress in the upcoming elections. Candidates can remain on behalf of
Damage control opportunity for BJP
The BJP, which was in power in the Municipal Corporation for the last five years, is once again enthusiastic about the upcoming elections. And the party seems quite confident about returning to power again. This is the reason that while the 39 sitting councilors of the party are once again standing at the forefront of those seeking tickets. At the same time, in 83 seats out of 98, more than 200 aspirants have expressed their willingness to contest elections. Who has also presented his claim before the party. These include many senior office bearers and old workers, including the current councilors of the party, who are making a strong claim of making themselves candidates in this election.
Here, on the one hand, about 7 councilors are seen on the way to leave the BJP and join the Congress. On the other hand, about 15 to 20 councilors and key office-bearers from NCP, Shiv Sena and BSP, including Congress, are currently fighting to join the BJP. For which the round of internal discussions and meetings with BJP office-bearers is going on. If this happens, the BJP will be able to control its damage to a great extent, it can be said.
Saffron parties will fight only on 83 seats out of 98
Parties like Congress and NCP field their candidates on all seats in the municipal elections, while on the other hand BJP and Shiv Sena, which are identified as saffron party, have always contested on other seats except Muslim majority seats. In such a situation, it is clear that, this time along with the BJP, Shiv Sena is also likely to field candidates on maximum of 80 to 83 seats out of 98 seats. But this cannot be used to calculate the votes. Shiv Sena also knows this very well. On the other hand, the BJP has no support base or vote bank in Muslim-dominated areas. In such a situation, the question of BJP fielding candidates or contesting elections in Muslim dominated areas does not arise.
Congress and NCP will give candidates on all seats
All the seats in the city can be contested by the Congress and NCP, which are identified as secular parties. Apart from this, parties like MIM and Muslim League, which hold only Muslim votes and Muslim majority areas, can field their candidates in about 20 seats in Badnera suburb including the city.
Where he is sure to face the candidates of Congress and NCP, because Shiv Sena and BJP candidates hardly contest in these seats. The same candidates can be fielded by parties like BSP and Repai in the seats having the effect of the votes of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Willing to contest elections from BJP
At present, the BJP has a huge pool of people willing to contest the elections. In which the existing 39 councilors are also included. According to the information received, BJP has Atul Tirathkar, Ravi Kolhe, Karthik Samdekar, Gajanan Deshmukh, Mangesh Khonde, Lata Deshmukh, Chhaya Ambedkar, Shraddha Gehlot, Savita Thackeray, Raju Rajdev, Shilpa Pachghare, Dr. Dhoble, Raju Mete, Raju Kitukle, Jagdish Tambe, Kaushik Agarwal, Narendra Deshmukh, Shiv Agarwal, Nilesh Kanje, Kishore Jadhav, Dheeraj Barbuddhe, Sagar Mahalle, Rita Mokalkar, Ganga Kharkar, Vanmala Sonone, Avinash Deulkar, Manish Atram, Prakash Dhope, Alka Sardar, Sachin Take, Sanjay Athawale, Rashmi Navandar, Praveen Vaish, Tushar Wankhede, Milind Bambal, Seemesh Shroff, Atmaram Purswani, Suresh Popli, Rina Deshmukh, Arun Kalbande, Bharat Mahalle, Pranay Kulkarni, Sanjay Agarwal, Yogesh Wankhede, Vivek Chutke As the claims of the aspirants have reached.
Decision on the status of reservation and accounting of works
At this time, most of the current councilors of other parties including BJP are said to be willing to contest the upcoming elections of MNP. But at present only the delimitation of divisions has been decided and the situation regarding reservation has not been cleared yet. In such a situation, it is not decided which division will be reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and where women’s reservation will be applicable.
In such a situation, there is a lot of confusion among those who want to contest elections. But keeping in mind the possible possibilities, everyone is busy in all possible preparations from their side. On the other hand, party officials are also scrutinizing the accounts of the councilors who want to contest again. On the basis of which a decision will be taken regarding ticket distribution after the reservation status is cleared.