Bhiwandi : In the mayor election held on 5 December 2019, 18 corporators of the Congress Party violated the party whip in favor of Konark Vikas Aghadi candidate Pratibha Vilas Patil. was voted in. Despite the Congress having a majority in the Municipal Corporation, the official candidate Risika Pradeep Raka lost the mayoral election by a margin of 9 votes.
Despite the majority in the municipal corporation, after the defeat in the mayoral election, former Congress mayor Jabed Dalvi filed a petition before the Konkan commissioner to cancel the membership of the rebel corporators who violated the party whip. had asked to leave. Only a few months ago, the rebel corporators of Congress have joined the NCP by calling the Congress bye-bye. The Konkan commissioner has rejected the petition of former mayor Dalvi after a long hearing of almost two years. The cancellation of the case of 18 rebel corporators of Congress by the Konkan Commissioner has brought happiness in the NCP camp, while there has been disappointment in the Congress camp. The municipal administration has not received the copy of the decision of the Konkan commissioner till the writing of the news.
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It is noteworthy that on 9 December 2019, the election of the Municipal Mayor and the Deputy Mayor was held on the General Assembly floor. Risika Pradeep Raka from Congress and Pratibha Vilas Patil from Konark Vikas Aghadi was the mayor candidate in the mayoral election. The surprising fact is that despite the Congress having 47 corporators in the Municipal Corporation, Congress’ mayoral candidate Risika Pradeep Raka lost to Konark Vikas Aghadi candidate Pratibha Vilas Patil by a margin of 9 votes. The main reason for the defeat of the Congress in the mayoral election is said to be greedy and arbitrarily voting for Konark Vikas Aghadi candidate Pratibha Vilas Patil by violating the party whip by 18 corporators of the Congress.