Pimpri: Even after the State Legislature passed a resolution to postpone the elections till the Imperial data is received, the State Election Commission has set aside the reservation of OBC category in Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation. It has been suggested to send the revised information of population of general category, scheduled caste and tribe category of 46 wards. Hence there are speculations that the elections will be held in two phases and it will be extended by one to one and a half months. The Municipal Corporation has to complete the statistical information by January 6, after which the schedule of the draft ward structure will be announced.
Elections to 22 municipal corporations in the state are to be held in February-March. However, there is doubt on whether the elections will be held on time due to the ruckus over OBC reservation. The ruling and opposition parties in the state have also demanded that the elections be postponed until they get the “imperial data”.
Instructions to submit ‘data’ on 6th January
The Legislature has also passed a resolution in this regard, but the State Election Commission has started preparations to implement the election program of Municipal Corporations in the state. As a part of the same, request has been made to send ‘data’ other than OBC reservation. Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has been directed to submit the ‘data’ on January 6. State Election Commission Deputy Commissioner Avinash Sanas has issued an order in this regard.
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Changes in the process of drawing for the reservation of general women
Unless the state government determines the proportion of backward classes of citizens in local self-governing bodies through a three-tier test, no seats will be left for the backward classes of citizens. In view of this, changes have been made in the process of drawing draw for the reservation of general women in all the wards. It has been said in the order that for this, a proposal along with the population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and other statistical information should be prepared and submitted to the State Election Commission on January 6. Relevant information has been requested for determining the seats reserved for general women in 46 wards.
Election schedule likely to be announced in first week of February
The program for ward formation is likely to be announced after January 10, after information is submitted to the State Election Commission in this regard. After this the ward structure will be finalized by inviting objections and suggestions. It will take 15 days, after which the election schedule is likely to be announced in the first week of February. This time elections will be held on 139 seats. Out of these, 22 seats for SC, 3 for ST and 38 seats will be included in open category due to cancellation of OBC reservation. As a result, the number of seats in the open category has now reached 114.