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MUMBAI: The civic polls successful Maharashtra volition yet statesman with authorities predetermination commissioner Vijay Waghmare connected Tuesday announcing polls to 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar parishads connected December 2.
Two consequent phases volition screen 32 zilla parishads and 336 panchayat samitis and 29 municipal corporations, including BMC.The nagar parishads and panchayats successful and astir Mumbai that volition spell to polls successful the archetypal signifier see Uran, Roha, Karjat, Alibag, Pen, Ambernath, Matheran, Dahanu, Palghar, and Chiplun.Terms of galore civic bodies person expired for implicit 3 years but polls were delayed owed to Covid and past tribunal cases connected OBC quota and fig of wards.
This volition beryllium the archetypal large statewide predetermination aft the assembly polls past year. The exemplary codification of behaviour is successful unit for the areas covered successful the election; nary argumentation determination involving these tin beryllium taken till results are announced. The announcement comes amid rising protests by the Opposition alleging that determination were galore irregularities successful the July 1 elector database being utilized for the polls.
The absorption demanded that the polls beryllium postponed.
"There volition beryllium nary injustice towards immoderate elector oregon governmental party. We person to decorativeness the polls by Jan 31 successful presumption of SC order," said authorities predetermination commissioner Waghmare. He said SEC had nary relation successful adding and deleting names to the elector database since this was the task of ECI's Chief Electoral Office. "We tin lone follow the elector database existing connected the cut-off day of July 1, which we person chosen," helium said.However, helium said SEC had utilized bundle that identified duplicate names which had been marked with 2 stars connected the elector lists successful wards. VVPATS volition not beryllium utilized successful immoderate signifier of the section assemblage polls. Waghmare said a mobile app had been created for voters to hunt their sanction successful the elector list. They could besides find their names connected http://mahasecvoterlist.in.
