The Chandrapur Municipal Corporation (CMC), which has been in the news for dramatic developments and controversies, has finally elected a BJP mayor today (February 10). BJP corporator Sangeeta Khandekar defeated the Congress candidate by just one vote.
Of the 66 members of the corporation, two corporators from the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) were absent, while one All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) corporator remained neutral. This brought the majority mark down to 32. Sangeeta Khandekar secured exactly 32 votes, while Congress candidate Sonali Mahadule received 31 votes, losing by a single vote.
BJP’s Sangeeta Khandekar has finally become the Mayor of the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation with the support of Shiv Sena (UBT), despite both parties projecting fierce rivalry at the state level.
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Prashant Danav has been elected as the Deputy Mayor. The independent corporator joined Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena earlier in the day.
As per the power-sharing arrangement, the mayorship will be held by the BJP for one and a half years, followed by Shiv Sena for the next one and a half years. The deputy mayor’s post will also go to Shiv Sena, while the standing committee will be headed by Shiv Sena in the first and fourth years.