Mumbai: The post of Mayor in BMC will be given to a woman only. This has been made clear. According to this big update related to the civic elections in Maharashtra, BJP-Shiv Sena will jointly decide the name of the Mayor. Apart from BMC, the post of Mayor in Navi Mumbai will also be given to a woman, while in Thane the Mayor will be from the Scheduled Caste (SC) category. The Urban Development Department decided the reservation through lottery on Thursday, on the basis of which a woman will be crowned as the Mayor of BMC.
The Maharashtra government’s Urban Development Department on Thursday finalized the reservation system for various municipalities through a lottery system. Under the urban body rules, the post of mayor in all municipalities, including the BMC, is given to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, and women on a rotational basis. However, this reservation system is not pre-decided, and a lottery system has been created for this. Political parties cannot announce their candidates for the mayoral post until this lottery is drawn. After the 74th amendment of the Constitution, social representation has been mentioned for leadership in municipal bodies. This lottery system has been implemented to keep the mayoral election process fair.
Name of Municipal Corporation Reserved Category
1 Brihanmumbai (BMC) Open (Women)
2 Thane Scheduled Caste (SC)
3 Kalyan-Dombivali Scheduled Tribe (ST)
4 Navi Mumbai Open (Women)
5 Vasai-Virar Open
6 Bhiwandi-Nizampur General (Women)
7 Mira-Bhayander Open (Women)
8 Ulhasnagar OBC
9 Pune Open
10 Pimpri-Chinchwad Open
11 Nagpur Open (Women)
12 Ahilyanagar OBC (Women)
13 Nashik Open
14 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Open
15 Akola OBC (Women)
16 Amravati Open
17 Latur Scheduled Caste (SC)
18 Nanded-Waghala Open (Women)
19 Chandrapur OBC (Women)
20 Dhule Open (Women)
21 Jalgaon OBC (Women)
22 Malegaon Open
23 Kolhapur OBC
24 Sangli-Meeraj-Kupwad Open
25 Solapur Open
26 Ichalkaranji OBC
The BJP has 31 councillors in the open category, while the Shiv Sena UBT has 20 councillors in the open category. Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has 11. Regarding women, the BJP has 25 women councillors. The Shiv Sena UBT has 18, and the Shinde Shiv Sena has nine.
Among the OBC categories, the BJP has 17 councillors. Eleven of the Shiv Sena UBT and three of the Shiv Sena are from the OBC category. Among the OBC categories, the BJP has 13 women councillors, seven of the Shiv Sena UBT, and three of the Shinde Shiv Sena. Among the Scheduled Caste categories, two are from the BJP, one from the Shinde Shiv Sena, and three from the Shiv Sena UBT. In the Scheduled Caste category, the Shiv Sena UBT has four councillors, two from the Shinde Shiv Sena, and one from the BJP.
Among the Scheduled Tribe categories, the Shiv Sena UBT has only one councillor, while neither the BJP nor the Shinde Shiv Sena has a single councillor from this category.
