Before the Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections, Congress will finalize the final list of candidates today in a Parliamentary Board meeting. Local equations and loyal workers will be prioritized. Names in some wards will be kept on hold for the time being.
Maharashtra: The Congress party has accelerated the process of preparing the final list of its candidates before the Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections. A meeting of the Parliamentary Board has been convened in Mumbai today, which will be attended by the city president of the party, assembly in-charges, and members of the local core committee. This meeting will finalize the list of potential candidates for all wards of the Municipal Corporation.
Initiative by the State President
State President Harshvardhan Sapkal has summoned all city presidents and assembly in-charges to Mumbai. The main objective of the meeting is to select candidates who have been loyal and honest to the party. According to sources, the selection of candidates will be based on the composition of the divisions and local equations.
Harshvardhan Sapkal has asked Nagpur city president Vikas Thackeray and other responsible leaders to attend the meeting at 10:30 am. The party believes that the list of candidates can be made correct and balanced only with the advice of local leaders and active workers.
Priority to Loyal Workers
According to sources, the party may prioritize workers in the meeting who have been associated with the party for a long time and have performed their responsibilities honestly. This strategy is being adopted so that the party can get b candidates and faces who can maintain trust among the people during the elections.
Senior Congress leaders say that the opinion of local leaders will be important in ticket distribution. In such a situation, those wards where there is a snag or dispute in the selection of candidates will be kept on hold for the time being. Names in these wards will be finalized only after the final list.
Preparations for the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Elections
The Municipal Corporation elections in Mumbai are to be held next month. Before the elections, all political parties are preparing fully. The ruling BJP and Shiv Sena have already formed an alliance. At the same time, Raj Thackeray's party and Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena have also announced their alliance. In such a situation, Congress will contest the elections alone.
This election is considered challenging for the Congress. The party not only has to field b candidates but also strengthen its position in the electoral arena. That is why special attention is being paid to the selection of candidates in the Parliamentary Board meeting.
Names will be held in some wards
According to sources, the names of candidates in some wards will still be kept on hold. The electoral equations are complex in these wards or there are differences within the party. City President Vikas Thackeray will give the list of these wards to the Parliamentary Board and the final selection of candidates will be done only after the Board's approval.
Preparations of other parties
Other parties have also completed their preparations for the Municipal Corporation elections against Congress. The BJP and Shiv Sena have formed an alliance and decided the strategy in the electoral arena. At the same time, MIM has also released its first list of candidates. MIM has released the names of 8 candidates for Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation, while 1 for Jalna Municipal Corporation and 3 for Nashik Municipal Corporation.
A total of 12 candidates are included in MIM's first list, including 11 Muslim and 1 Hindu candidate. This list may also affect the electoral strategy of Congress and other parties.
