Mumbai : At present, the assembly elections are being held in five states across the country, but there are indications of postponement of the 10 municipal elections to be held in Maharashtra. In such a situation, apart from Mumbai (BMC), administrators are likely to be appointed in 10 municipal corporations including Thane, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Solapur (Thane, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Solapur). Is.
There are indications that the local body elections in the state will be postponed till the issue of OBC reservation in politics is resolved. The Supreme Court will hear the OBC case on February 8. The top court has directed the state government to submit the preliminary report of the Backward Classes Commission in this matter. It is believed that citing the final report in this regard, the election can be asked to be postponed. Last year, the state government amended the Mumbai and Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, according to which only administrators would be appointed on the defunct municipal corporations.
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It has been made that the councilors of the corporation will not be given extension of service for more than five years. The tenure of Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai, Vasai-Virar, Kalyan-Dombivli and Kolhapur Municipal Corporations has ended in the year 2020 and is currently under administrative governance. The tenure of existing corporators in Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Solapur, Amravati, Akola and Nagpur ends in March. The term of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation ends on 7 March. However, the elections are likely to be declared by the end of April or May.