Congress Blooms Again
Congress has taken Muslim votes in four of the five municipal corporations.
by a staff writer
Mumbai: After emerging as the largest party in four of the five municipal corporations which went to the polls recently, Congress has made a resounding return regarding the Muslim votes. In fact, the party has pocketed 149 of the total 371 seats in the neighborhoods of Bhiwandi, Malegaon, Parbhani, Latur and Chandrapur. This is indicative of its ability to restore its traditional banking Muslim POLL. There are only a few months, in February polls held to 10 municipal corporations, including BMC in Mumbai and Thane TMC, the Congress suffered a major political setback after Muslims drifted away from them. However, alliances against kind between NCP, Shiv Sena, BJP and independent at work in the recent elections have failed to derail the prospects of the Congress in four of the five companies, where it is now the leading force. The only exception being Parbhani, where NCP won 30 of the 65 seats of the municipal corporation. For the first time in the three elections of the corporation, the business Malegaon power city Congress wins witness an upper hand. In fact, Congress won 25 of the 80 seats in the elections Malegaon Municipal Corporation (MMC) held recently. In a repeat of the 07 election, Congress and Teesra Mahaz, decided to form an alliance to govern the Malegaon Municipal Corporation (MMC) for the next five years. The local Congress President Malegaon, Shaikh Asif said: "The alliance was formed for the development of Malegaon. Teesra Mahaz opted for the alliance to avoid "horse trading". According to the agreement between the two parties, the Congress will have its mayor for the duration and a candidate Teesra Mahaz become deputy mayor. "Interestingly, in the 07 elections, Teesra Mahaz was the biggest party and the Congress was second in terms of total number of seats. At that time, Congress had helped Teesra Mahaz to elect its mayor. In a repeat of 07 elections, Congress and Teesra Mahaz, decided to form an alliance to govern the Malegaon municipal Corporation Even the 0 members Bhiwandi municipal Corporation showed a similar scenario in 31 independents and small parties get elected. the Congress marked 26, NCP-9, SS - 16, BJP-8, while MNS scored a zero in the house, throwing open new prospects for Congressled alliance in the civic body with the regional assembly elections due after two. and a half years, both Malegaon and Bhiwandi are considered crucial for the Congress-NCP for the large contingent of minority votes in both cities. Breaking a record three terms, the Congress emerged as the largest party in election Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation, winning 26 seats. It is set to rule again in the civic body with the support of NCP and some independent candidates.
Class : Muslim Politics World News, World News
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