The Times of India 15.02.2013
28 corporators in poll fray for 14 district planning council posts
NAGPUR: After a lull in political activity at Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), corporators are back in election mode with district planning council (DPC) polls on February 20. Some 28 corporators are in the fray for the 14 posts. There are 20 posts for NMC in DPC, but six corporators have already been elected unopposed.
Additional collector Asha Pathan said three corporators from OBC category - Jagdish Gwalbansi, Sanjay Balpande and Sanjay Mahakalkar - had been elected unopposed. Three women from OBC category - Meen Tidke, Rekha Barahate and Jayashree Wadibhasme - have also been elected opposed.
There are another 20 posts in DPC for local body members. Seventeen for Nagpur zilla parishad (ZP) members while three are for the thirteen municipal councils in the district. Of the seventeen ZP seats, three candidates have already been elected unopposed.
The voting system is preferential and quite complicated. Many public representatives may end up casting invalid votes. Pathan said the priority of the candidates should be either written in English or Marathi numerals. A mixture of the two will make the vote invalid. The voter has to compulsorily give a candidate the first priority else his or her vote will become invalid. There are several other complications in this voting system.
There is one post for SC corporator of NMC. Four members; Wasudeo Dhoke, Prasanna Borkar, Murlidhar Meshram and Raju Lokhande are in the fray. For the two posts of SC women category, six corporators - Sujata Kombade, Manisha Ghodeswar, Saroj Bahadure, Satyabhama Lokhande, Vidya Lonare and Anita Wankhede have thrown their hats in the ring.
The election for six seats in open category is the most complicated and tough. There are nine candidates - Dipak Kapse, Aslam Khan, Kishor Gajbhiye, Sandip Joshi, Harish Dikondwar, Gautam Patil, Duneshwar Pethe, Parinay Fuke and Purushottam Hazare -in the fray.
No less tough is the election for five women in open category for which nine members are in fray. They are Iftikar Ashrafu, Prerna Kapse, Manisha Kothe, Harshala Jaiswal, Alka Dalal, Divya Dhurde, Sarika Nandurkar, Kiran Rodge and Shabana Parveen.
There will be two polling booths for 145 corporators in new Setu Kendra in district collectorate premises. The first is for corporators representing ward no 1 to 72 and second for those representing ward no 73 to 145.
Additional collector Asha Pathan said three corporators from OBC category - Jagdish Gwalbansi, Sanjay Balpande and Sanjay Mahakalkar - had been elected unopposed. Three women from OBC category - Meen Tidke, Rekha Barahate and Jayashree Wadibhasme - have also been elected opposed.
There are another 20 posts in DPC for local body members. Seventeen for Nagpur zilla parishad (ZP) members while three are for the thirteen municipal councils in the district. Of the seventeen ZP seats, three candidates have already been elected unopposed.
The voting system is preferential and quite complicated. Many public representatives may end up casting invalid votes. Pathan said the priority of the candidates should be either written in English or Marathi numerals. A mixture of the two will make the vote invalid. The voter has to compulsorily give a candidate the first priority else his or her vote will become invalid. There are several other complications in this voting system.
There is one post for SC corporator of NMC. Four members; Wasudeo Dhoke, Prasanna Borkar, Murlidhar Meshram and Raju Lokhande are in the fray. For the two posts of SC women category, six corporators - Sujata Kombade, Manisha Ghodeswar, Saroj Bahadure, Satyabhama Lokhande, Vidya Lonare and Anita Wankhede have thrown their hats in the ring.
The election for six seats in open category is the most complicated and tough. There are nine candidates - Dipak Kapse, Aslam Khan, Kishor Gajbhiye, Sandip Joshi, Harish Dikondwar, Gautam Patil, Duneshwar Pethe, Parinay Fuke and Purushottam Hazare -in the fray.
No less tough is the election for five women in open category for which nine members are in fray. They are Iftikar Ashrafu, Prerna Kapse, Manisha Kothe, Harshala Jaiswal, Alka Dalal, Divya Dhurde, Sarika Nandurkar, Kiran Rodge and Shabana Parveen.
There will be two polling booths for 145 corporators in new Setu Kendra in district collectorate premises. The first is for corporators representing ward no 1 to 72 and second for those representing ward no 73 to 145.
