Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar has been hospitalised after she complained of chest pain as per a ANI report. The news was confirmed by the mayor's office more details are still awaited on the issue. Pednekar is a three-time corporator from Lower Parel in South Mumbai. Born to a mill worker, Pednekar had started out as a nurse before she joined Shiv Sena women wing in 1992 and was sent to work in Raigad and Sindhudurg districts in Western Maharashtra.
Pednekar became a corporator in Mumbai in 2002 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2017. During her three terms, Pednekar has held key positions in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) including as a member of the standing committee that scrutinises the civic agency’s financial transactions.