Shiv Sena trying to redo 30 wards, postpone BMC polls said: Ashish Shelar

Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the ruling Shiv Sena, the main rival in the city council, of trying to reorganize 30 municipal wards and postponing civil elections for at least two years. Ashish Shelar made the allegation on Tuesday, a day after the state Election Commission asked the BMC to prepare the corporator-turned-legislator and former minister for next February's elections. In the last election, the BJP and the Sena contested very closely, with the latter gaining a small lead to stay in power.

 

The BJP, which was a key partner in the state government at the time, fought independently and refrained from sharing power. Fearing defeat, the army consults. We understand that there are attempts to reorganize the 30 wards that the Sena and the Congress have not been able to win in their lifetime when the Sena tried to push the BMC election forward when the epidemic seemed to be under control but the second wave plan failed. The Sena began by saying that the ward structure in 2017 was unconstitutional and would further benefit the BJP.

 

However, a BMC-appointed retired official established that the reorganization was carried out according to the census. Shelar added that the army has now launched another attempt. Citing reports claiming that the third wave of Pandemic would create difficulties, he said the army was trying to use the virus to its advantage by extending the term of the BMC's current administration to two years. He asked whether a vote be taken on whether the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party approve of such efforts, considering the law and the epidemic.

 

The BJP is ready to defeat the army in any situation created by the army at any time of the day. He said the work contracts to be paid if the election is postponed for two years should be referred to the State Election Commission for approval. Do not allow the BMC’s Standing Committee to make decisions. 

 

The ‘commission’ politics in awarding work contracts also demanded approval for the Rs 20,000 crore sewage project. Shelar also challenged the leadership to show citizens the soil removed from the city's sewers ahead of the rainy season. As usual, the drainage desilting/cleaning work is far from reality. They spent Rs 70 crore, but can you show me the place where 5 lakh metric tonnes of soil was dumped.