The names of the five new five coopted members were announced by mayor Yatin Wagh during the in the NMC's general body meeting of the NMC on Thursday. In February this year, 122 members of the NMC were elected and Haribhau Lonari and Sandeep Lenkar from Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Manik Sonawane from Shiv Sena, Sachin Mahajan from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Akash Chhajed from Congress Party, were formally inducted into the corporation last week.

Once the proposal for the co-opted members are sent to Mantralaya, it would then be published in the gazette and the members would then be enlisted as corporators.Each of the co-opted members has chalked out their strategies for working during their tenure as corporators across the city.

While most of them have outlined plans for the city's development with basic infrastructure projects, stuck to the stereotypical manifesto of development and basic infrastructure,some have gone a step ahead to specifically highlight issues they would be pursuing.