Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
The Bharatiya Janata Party has consolidated control in the Zilla Parishad with support from independents and the Nationalist Congress Party (AP), securing both president and vice-president posts while keeping the Shiv Sena out of power.
Shinde Sena’s push for the top post cost it the vice-president post and key committee chairmanships, with internal factionalism further weakening its position and raising questions over its reduced role.
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Chairperson posts in MLAs’ constituencies?
BJP is set to control major portfolios including the standing committee, agriculture, animal husbandry and other departments. With BJP MLAs in Sambhajinagar, Phulambri and Gangapur-Khuldabad, members from these areas may get chairperson posts, while its power-sharing strategy with allies remains under watch.
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Zilla Parishad functions through 10 departments
The Zilla Parishad functions through around 10 departments separate heads for social welfare and women & child welfare, joint heads for finance & works, education and health; the president leads the standing committee, while the vice-president handles agriculture and animal husbandry.
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Key roles:
• Finance & Works: Budgeting, fund allocation, infrastructure
• Education & Health: Schools, teachers, healthcare, vaccination
• Women & Child Welfare: Anganwadi, nutrition, empowerment
• Social Welfare: Backward class schemes, scholarships, housing