Mayor rigged ward panel polls,says plea in HC

The Opposition parties in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Friday filed a petition in the High Court against Mayor and Shiv Sena corporator Shraddha Jadhav,alleging she had rigged the F South and F North ward committee polls.

The Opposition parties in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Friday filed a petition in the High Court against Mayor and Shiv Sena corporator Shraddha Jadhav,alleging she had rigged the F South and F North ward committee polls.

Congress leader and MLA Rajhans Singh said the Mayor had allegedly adopted unfair practices during the ward committee elections. It is shameful for the first citizen of Mumbai to be involved in cheating. We have filed a petition and the hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.

The Opposition had claimed at the BMC general body meeting on May 6 that Jadhav had cheated the council in the appointment of the chairperson of the ward committee. Jadhav is a three-term corporator from Parel-Bhoiwada in the F North ward.

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The Opposition claimed that both Shiv Sena-BJP candidate Anil Pawar and Opposition candidate Raghunath Thavai had eight votes each. The Mayor had to pick a chit out of two that bore the names of both candidates. While putting them into the box,she discreetly folded the edge of one of the chits to identify them, Singh alleged.

The Mayor had maintained that she had done nothing wrong. She said any one could file a petition in the court if they wished to. On Friday too,she maintained her stand. I have nothing to fear as I know that I am innocent.

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