Mumbai, 21 Jan (HS): Former Mayor of Mumbai, Kishori Pednekar has been elected

the UBT Sena Group Leader in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation. The decision was

taken during a meeting of the party. She got elected from Ward 199 defeating

the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) candidate Rupal Kusale.

Although

names of Vishakha Raut, Milind Vaidya and Shraddha Jadhav were in discussion,

Pednekar was elected the Group Leader.

After

getting elected Pednekar told the media that we considered the decision of the

party chief Uddhav Thackeray as final. Pednekar has wide experience of working

in the richest municipality in Maharashtra.

In a

tough contest against the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, UBT Sena bagged 65 seats,

against 89 by BJP and 29 by Shiv Sena (Shinde). Congress stood next with 24 seats,

AIMIM 8 and NCP (Ajit Pawar). MNS who was in alliance with UBT Sena could get only

6 seats. NCP (Sharad Paewar) and SP could get only one and two seats

respectively.

KDMC: Meanwhile,

senior corporator Vishvanath Rane has been elected the leader of Shiv Sena

(Eknath Shinde) in Kalyan-Dombiwali Municipal Corporation.

Shiv

Sena (Shinde) secured 52 seats and BJP 50. The BJP-SS alliance holds majority

with both the parties making efforts to have the Mayor’s position.

The

reservation for Mayors seat in all the 29 municipal corporations which went to

polls on January 15, will be announced on January 22. The draw of lots will be

held at the Department of Urban Development, Mumbai.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar