57 local bodies: Poll results out, but Maharashtra parties await ruling

PUNE: The destiny of 57 section bodies successful Maharashtra - 39 won by Mahayuti, 17 by MVA, and 1 by others - awaits SC's verdict connected Jan 21 arsenic these are among the 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats wherever the combined quota for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward classes exceeds 50%.Acting connected respective petitions challenging the breach of quota limit, the apex tribunal connected Nov 29 said the predetermination to these 57 seats would beryllium taxable to its last order. The verdict volition besides interaction the results for the councillor posts successful these civic bodies."While the results were declared, those volition beryllium connected the last order," an authoritative from the authorities predetermination committee (SEC) said Monday.Despite a decisive lead, Mahayuti volition person to hold for clarity connected 39 of its victories (BJP: 30, Shiv Sena: five, NCP: four).

The concern is nary antithetic for MVA's 17 wins (Congress: 11, Shiv Sena-UBT: two, NCP-SP: four). A elder BJP person said, "The mandate intelligibly favours Mahayuti, but we volition respect the Supreme Court's decision.""Nearly two-fifths of our victories are nether scrutiny. These bespeak people's mandate astatine the grassroots, and we anticipation the tribunal ensures stableness and does not unsettle elected bodies," a Congress subordinate said.

Of Mahayuti's tally, the 39 section bodies that breached the 50% quota people marque up astir 18.8% of its full wins. For MVA, the 17 bodies represent astir 38.6% of its victories.Of the 40 municipal councils, 8 are successful Nagpur territory followed by 7 successful Chandrapur and 5 successful Nashik.