By Admin 
After the Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections, the names of the members of the Standing Committee, Education Committee and Reform Committee have been announced. Mayor Ritu Tawde officially released the list, in which 26 members each have been selected in the Permanent and Reform Committee and 22 members in the Education Committee. With this announcement, the stir in political circles has intensified.
Standing Committee and Reform Committee are counted among the most influential units of BMC, where financial and development related decisions are taken. The Education Committee includes 22 members, who will take decisions related to schools and educational policies. Immediately after the announcement of the names by the Mayor, discussions on equations started within the parties.
Thackeray faction angry with appointment of BMC committee members
There has been news of a tussle between Thackeray group’s Shiv Sena regarding committee appointments. There has been resentment among some senior members due to not getting a place in the standing committee. A warning has also been given to resign from the Improvement Committee, due to which internal dissatisfaction has come to the fore.
Questions have been raised on the selection process as the sons of some leaders from the East and West suburbs were not included in the committee. According to sources, names of Vishakha Raut, Milind Vaidya and sons of some MLAs and MPs were in discussion. There is disagreement within the party regarding this.
Names of Standing Committee members
Shraddha Jadhav, Ramakant Rahate, Lakshmi Bhatia, Deepmala Bade, Meenakshi Patankar, Yashodhar Phanse and Jagadish Thaivalapil have been included from Shiv Sena Thackeray faction. There has been both support and opposition within the organization regarding these names.
While the standing committee from other parties includes BJP’s Ganesh Dattaram Khankar, Prabhakar Shinde, Rakhi Jadhav, Makrand Narvekar, Suresh Jha, Sheetal Gambhir, Prakash Darekar, Preeti Satam, Tejendra Singh Teja and Harish Bangirde. Amey Gole, Yamini Jadhav and Anjali Naik have got seats from Shiv Sena Shinde faction, while Shahida Khan is from NCP.
Yashwant Killedar from Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Ajanta Yadav, Aksraf Azmi and Tulip Miranda from Congress have got the opportunity. Vijay Ubale from AIMIM has been included in the standing committee. This has ensured multi-party representation in the committee.
Reforms, Education and BEST Committee
The reform committee includes BJP’s Prakash Gangadhare, Alka Kerkar, Sharma Chittaranjan, Mahadev Shivgan, Deepak Tawde, Swapna Mhatre, Anish Makhwani, Tejashwi Ghosalkar, Sakshi Dalvi and Sandeep Patel. Milind Vaidya, Vishakha Raut, Vitthal Lokre, Sachin Padwal, Urmila Panchal, Hiralala and Lona Rawal have got places from the Thackeray group.
Amey Ghole, Sandhya Doshi, Kiran Landge and Ajit Rawrane have been included from the Shinde faction. Ashraf Azmi, Khan Miraj and Haider Mosin from Congress, Shabana Shaikh from AIMIM and Supriya Dalvi from MNS have got the opportunity. BJP’s Nikhil Vyas and Yojana Thokle, Priyanka Raut from Thackeray faction and Chandrawati More from Shinde faction have been nominated in the education committee.
The BEST Transport Committee includes BJP’s Akash Rajpurohit, Santosh Medekar, Ramakant Gupta, Sunil Ganacharya and Pramod Wakode. Pravina Morozkar, Sunil, Nitin Nadgaonkar and Sumit Ahir from Thackeray faction and Upendra Sawant from Shinde faction have got the opportunity. Asha Koparkar and Chandrakant Bhimrao Majlikar from Congress and Saifal Khan from AIMIM have also been given a place in the committee.