NASHIK: The five co-opted members of Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) and nine members of Women and Child Welfare Committee are to be appointed at the special general body meeting (GBM) of NMC on Thursday. The five co-opted members, nine members of the Women and Child Welfare Committee and 14 members of Tree Authority will be announced by the city mayor Yatin Wagh at the GBM on Thursday.

 

The members are co-opted according to the strength of the party in the House. Among the five members to be co-opted, two will be from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and one each from the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress. The MNS has nominated senior party activists Haribhau Lonare and Sandeep Lenkar as their co-opted members. The Congress has nominated Nashik city president Akash Chhajed as their co-opted member.

 

 NCP has nominated former president of city unit of Nationalist Youth Congress Sachin Mahajan . Shiv Sena has nominated Manik Sonawane as party's co-opted member. Nominations of members of Women and Child Welfare Committee and Tree Authority would be submitted by the party group leaders to YatinWagh prior to the GBM. Among the nine members to be selected for the Woman and Child Welfare Committee, three will be from the MNS while the Shiv Sena and NCP will have two members each. The BJP and Congress will have one member each. Among the 14 members to be selected for the Tree Authority, four will be from MNS, three each from Shiv Sena and NCP and two each from Congress and BJP.