Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar:
AIMIM corporator Abdul Sameer Abdul Sajid has been appointed as the leader of the opposition in the municipal corporation by party state president Imtiaz Jaleel. After submitting a letter bearing the signatures of all party corporators to mayor Sameer Rajurkar, the official appointment letter will be issued.
The AIMIM has 33 corporators in the civic body, and political circles had been closely watching this selection over the past few days.
Sameer had earlier contested the 2015 civic elections from the Naregaon ward on an AIMIM ticket but was unsuccessful. However, in the 2026 municipal corporation elections, he was elected from Prabhag No. 5. Prior to this announcement, the party had appointed Haji Sherkhan as its group leader. Attention was then focused on who would be named LoP. On Wednesday, Imtiaz Jaleel officially declared Sameer’s name.
In a notable coincidence, Sameer’s father, Abdul Sajid, had also served as the LoP in the municipal corporation from the Congress party. With this appointment, Sameer now occupies the same position once held by his father.