Pune: Aspirants who could not get party tickets to contest the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) election are now trying to get a back-door entry into the house as co-opted members.
As many as 13 members will be nominated to the general body of 165 corporators. BJP, with 119 corporators, can co-opt 10 members, while NCP can give a chance to two and Congress can induct one member.BJP, which decided not to give nominations to relatives of current MLAs and MPs, may introduce the same policy for co-ops. “We will discuss the details about the co-ops in the coming days. The core team will take a final call soon,” said Ganesh Bidkar, a newly elected corporator from BJP in PMC and former leader of the house.PMC officials said a lottery system to choose mayor is expected within one week’s time. After the mayor is finalised, he or she will call a general body meeting. Following this, the appointment of the nominated members will be held based on the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation (MMC) Act.The Act has a few limitations of powers as far as nominated corporators are concerned. “A nominated councillor shall not have the right to vote at any meeting of the corporation and committees of the corporation and to get elected as a mayor of the corporation or a chairperson of any of the committees of the corporation,” the Act states.Officials said the 13 nominated members can participate in discussions, raise suggestions and objections to proposals. “A decision on the co-opted members will be taken by party chief Ajit Pawar. A meeting in this regard will be held soon. We are currently preparing for the zilla parishad polls and selection of candidates for them,” Pradeep Deshmukh, executive president of NCP, said.PMC officials said along with the co-opted corporators at the general body level, members are also nominated at the ward level. They will be part of the ward committee and work along with elected corporators. The MMC Act states these nominated members “are selected amongst the members of recognised non-government organisations and community-based organisations engaged in social welfare activities working within the area of the ward committee.
” The persons must be registered as electors in the wards within the jurisdiction of the committee.
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