It will be mandatory for voters going to vote in the upcoming elections of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to show identity card. According to officials, voters can either show their Voter Photo Identity Card (EPIC) or produce any one of the 12 alternative documents approved by the State Election Commission.

Voting will be held in a total of 227 wards of the city on Thursday (January 15) from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. Counting of votes will be done on Friday, the next day of voting. The administration has completed all preparations to make the voting process peaceful and smooth.

This time a total of 1,700 candidates are trying their luck in the BMC elections. These include 878 women and 822 male candidates. The total number of voters is 1 crore 3 lakh 44 thousand 315, which includes 55 lakh 15 thousand 707 men, 48 lakh 26 thousand 509 women and 1,099 other voters.

How to vote without voter ID

Municipal Commissioner and District Election Officer Bhushan Gagrani said that voters who do not have Voter ID card can vote by showing passport, Aadhar card, driving license, PAN card, government photo identity card or bank/post office passbook with photo.

Apart from this, disability certificate (with photo), MNREGA job card, photo document related to pension, official identity card of MPs and MLAs, freedom fighter identity card or health insurance card with photo of the Union Labor Ministry will also be valid.

Special emphasis on facilities at polling stations

BMC’s Additional Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Joshi has directed that voters should not face any kind of problem on the day of voting. Specially, it has been asked to provide adequate and prompt facilities for disabled voters. Besides, instructions have also been given to ensure provision of clean mobile toilets and drinking water at polling stations.

Joshi has ordered the Solid Waste Management Department to conduct a special cleanliness campaign around the polling and counting centers from January 14 to 16, so that the city remains clean and orderly.

While the BMC elections in Maharashtra are in full swing, on the other hand there is a lot of discussion about the wealth of the candidates contesting this time. The wealth of most of the old councilors has doubled to five times, and all of them are crorepatis. This figure has come out from the election affidavit given by him. This includes councilors and mayors.

This time a total of 1700 candidates are in the fray in 227 wards in the BMC elections. Some councilors said that their wealth is from business, farming, investment and rental income. According to the rules of the Election Commission, all candidates have to disclose their income and assets.

candidates from different parties

Old mayors and old corporators contesting the elections have submitted their affidavits. In this, the information has come to light from the affidavits given by the candidates of different political parties that the old mayors and old corporators are millionaires. According to Election Commission rules, candidates are required to provide information about movable and immovable property, bank deposits, shares, jewelery and loans of themselves, their spouses and their dependents.

According to this, data has revealed that the assets of some old corporators have increased by crores of rupees in the affidavits submitted by the candidates in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections.

Increased investment from cash to house-flat

There has been an increase in bank deposits and investments including houses, flats, commercial properties, plots. Although some old councilors have said that their sources of income are business, farming, rental income and salary, but the rapid increase in wealth is becoming a matter of curiosity for the voters.

Whose wealth increased by how much?

• Former mayor Kishori Pednekar net worth now Rs 5 crore 26 lakh Rs 1 crore 61 lakh 53 thousand in 2017.
• Former Mayor Shraddha Jadhav (Ward No. 202) Total movable and immovable assets: Rs 46 crore He had contested the 2024 assembly elections. At that time the total assets were Rs 44 crores. Increase: Rs 2 crore in a year.
• Former Mayor Vishakha Sharad Raut (Ward No. 191) Real Estate – Movable Property: 21 Crore 83 Lakh In 2017: 14 Crore 37 Lakh Increase: 7 Crore.
• Yamini Jadhav (Ward No. 209) Net worth: Rs 14 crore 57 lakh Contested 2024 assembly elections: Rs 10 crore 10 lakh Increase: Rs 4 crore in 1 year.
• Neil Kirit Somaiya (Ward No. 107) Net worth: Rs 9 crore. In 2017: 1 crore 99 lakh Increase: 7 crore in 8 years.
• Tejasvi Abhishek Ghosalkar (Ward No. 2) Net worth: Rs 5 crore in 2017: Rs 25 lakh Increase in: Rs 4 crore 75 lakh in 8 years.
• Shailesh Phanse – Net worth 25 crores.
• Deepti Waikar – 22 crore 12 lakh 71 thousand.
• Samadhan Saravankar – 46 crore 59 lakh In 2017 – 9 crore 43 lakh.
• Yashwant Kiledar Net Worth – 7 Crore 5 Lakh.
• Ravi Raja Net Worth – Rs 10 Crore 12 Lakh 17 Thousand in 2017 – Rs 5 Crore 12 Lakh 84 Thousand.
• BJP candidate Prabhakar Shinde net worth – Rs 17 crore 63 lakh.